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Now Corbyn wisdom hits America

Jeremy is a prophet without honour in his own land, writes Dominic Green

August 12, 2021 11:01
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GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - AUGUST 22: Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn meets with asylum seeker brothers Somer Umeed and Areeb Umeed at Possilpark Parish Church on August 22, 2018 in Glasgow, Scotland. Jeremy Corbyn met with asylum seeker families in Glasgow threatened with eviction by Serco and called for such services to be delivered by public bodies. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
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The quality of British exports to America is in decline: Piers Morgan, James Corden, Prince Harry. Last week, however, it entered a death spiral: the American debut of Jeremy Corbyn.

He couldn’t leave it alone, could he? Any normal terrorist-fondler would have thrown in the towel after his electoral spanking in November 2019 and retreated to his allotment, there to grow ethical marrows — for Jeremy has yet to develop an ethical marrow — and sulk in his shed like Achilles in his tent, only vegetarian.

But Corbyn is ever so humble, hence the Greek fisherman’s cap, and the left in America are ever so naïve and nasty. So when the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) needed a keynote speaker for their conference, who could they turn to but the modest and misunderstood scourge of the Zionists?

The DSA aren’t especially democratic: like all loony-left groups, they’re would-be dictators. They aren’t really socialists either: only the running dogs of capitalism can afford the rent in trendy metropolitan areas like Brooklyn or Portland. They are, though, American, because they understand very little about the outside world, and not much more about their own country. This is because they have attended expensive private universities.