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Richard Dearlove attacks Corbyn for his political views

Tuesday, 26 November 2019 11:46 AM [ Last Update: Tuesday, 26 November 2019 11:56 AM ]

Sir Richard Dearlove was the 14th Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service

With just over two weeks to go before the general election, the British security establishment has stepped up its campaign of demonization and intimidation of Labour party leader, Jeremy Corbyn.

In the latest offensive, the former Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service (better known as MI6), Richard Dearlove, has claimed that Corbyn would pose a “present danger to our country” should he become Prime Minister and gain access to state secrets.

Dearlove made the incendiary comments in an article for the Mail on Sunday, which is close to Britain’s security establishment.

Dearlove, who served in MI6 for 38 years, makes the extraordinary claim that Corbyn’s background and political orientation should preclude him from gaining access to classified information.

“Do not even think of taking the risk of handing this politician the keys to No 10 [Downing Street]”, Dearlove writes acerbically.

Dearlove headed MI6 for five years, beginning in 1999. He is notorious for signing off on the so-called Iraq dossier, which contained bogus intelligence on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction. The dossier formed the basis of the UK's invasion of Iraq (alongside the US) in 2003.

Jeremy Corbyn has spent his entire political life advocating for progressive political causes across the world. He has been a tireless campaigner against Western military intervention and he has championed the cause of oppressed people, notably the Palestinians.

In part because of Corbyn’s balanced position on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the Zionist lobby in the UK has started a witch-hunt against the Labour party by accusing pro-Corbyn elements of anti-Semitism.

The British security establishment has long been opposed to the Labour party, in particular its authentic left-wing factions.

In the 1970s and 1980s the British security establishment kept a close watch on the so-called Militant faction in the Labour party.

The Guardian reported on November 01, 2002, that the British Security Service (better known as MI5) extensively spied on the Labour MP (and Militant faction leader) Dave Nellist.

Dearlove’s blatant interference in politics comes amid widespread speculation that the Labour party could cooperate with Scottish nationalists in the Scottish National Party (SNP) to form the next government following the snap general election on December 12.

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