What’s the biggest lie that is told about Corbyn by his supporters? Is it the fact that Jez supposedly supports the EU? Or that he has always been on the ‘right side’ of history? Could it be the claim that his elevation to the leadership has nothing to do with the surge in anti-semitism within the Labour Party? Or the fact that the veteran leftist is apparently committed to stamping that racism out? All of the above are certainly whoppers by anyone’s standards and would be credible contenders for the top spot, if it weren’t for a lie that is actually far more obvious and outrageous and staring us right in the face. The biggest lie told by the Jezuit cheerleaders is one that can be immediately and categorically disproved, yet it still seems to have a currency. It’s the lie that Corbyn is ‘popular’. We hear it all the time, thrown casually into conversation. ‘Is it any wonder that Corbyn is so popular when the trains don’t run on time?’ ‘Can we be surpri
Phil Woodford co-hosts Colourful Radio's weekly news review show from London. He previously stood on two occasions as a Labour Parliamentary candidate.