Stop the War Coalition,of which Jeremy Corbyn is the national chair, campaigns for Tony Blair to be prosecuted for the “war crime” of invading Iraq in 2003. Leaving aside the inconvenient fact that even an illegal war isn’t necessarily a crime, or are we to suppose that Mr Corbyn will now be demanding that Labour’s deputy leader,Tom Watson, shadow foreign secretary, or Hilary Benn,and shadow justice secretary, Charles Falconer, or be added to the fantasy indictment for having supported and voted for the invasion,two (Benn and Falconer) as members of the government at the time?
Steven Greer
Professor of human rights, University of Bristol Law School• whether all those members, and supporters and affiliates who voted for Jeremy Corbyn had had the foresight and confidence to position a £10 bet on him winning back in May and had donated their winnings to the party,it would beget amounted to about £2.5m, assuming odds of 100-1. Could I suggest that they all now back him further by placing bets on him winning in 2020? The winnings might well be enough to finance the election campaign and effect up some of the difference between what the Tories will spend. It would also reduce the odds and effect him witness even more electable.
Peter Ranson
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Source: theguardian.com