A New Relationship With the World

By: Aydin Dikerdem; Matteo Tiratelli

A Jeremy Corbyn government would be the first time Britain’s socialist left was in charge of its foreign policy.

Jeremy Corbyn speaks at a 1984 rally in opposition to the use of plastic bullets in the north of Ireland. (Photo by Michael Daines/Mirrorpix/Getty Images.)

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In February, The Sun broke the story that Jeremy Corbyn had been a spy for Communist Czechoslovakia in the 1980s. Or at least that he had met a Czech spy, and had been paid to provide information. Though, it turned out he wasn’t paid and that the ‘top secret’ information was the fact that he owned a dog and some fish.

The calls for the release of Corbyn’s ‘secret Stasi files’ then collapsed when the Stasi Archives said that no such files ever existed. But, as the factual basis for these allegations evaporated, the criticism deepened into the question of what those meetings revealed about his worldview. Their allegation was that the way Corbyn understands the world — particularly questions about international relations — made him a threat to the party and the country.

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In February, The Sun broke the story that Jeremy Corbyn had been a spy for Communist Czechoslovakia in the 1980s. Or at least that he had met a Czech spy, and had been paid to provide information. Though, it turned out he wasn’t paid and that the ‘top secret’ information was the fact that he owned a dog and some fish.

The calls for the release of Corbyn’s ‘secret Stasi files’ then collapsed when the Stasi Archives said that no such files ever existed. But, as the factual basis for these allegations evaporated, the criticism deepened into the question of what those meetings revealed about his worldview. Their allegation was that the way Corbyn understands the world — particularly questions about international relations — made him a threat to the party and the country.

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In February, The Sun broke the story that Jeremy Corbyn had been a spy for Communist Czechoslovakia in the 1980s. Or at least that he had met a Czech spy, and had been paid to provide information. Though, it turned out he wasn’t paid and that the ‘top secret’ information was the fact that he owned a dog and some fish.

The calls for the release of Corbyn’s ‘secret Stasi files’ then collapsed when the Stasi Archives said that no such files ever existed. But, as the factual basis for these allegations evaporated, the criticism deepened into the question of what those meetings revealed about his worldview. Their allegation was that the way Corbyn understands the world — particularly questions about international relations — made him a threat to the party and the country.

In February, The Sun broke the story that Jeremy Corbyn had been a spy for Communist Czechoslovakia in the 1980s. Or at least that he had met a Czech spy, and had been paid to provide information. Though, it turned out he wasn’t paid and that the ‘top secret’ information was the fact that he owned a dog and some fish.

The calls for the release of Corbyn’s ‘secret Stasi files’ then collapsed when the Stasi Archives said that no such files ever existed. But, as the factual basis for these allegations evaporated, the criticism deepened into the question of what those meetings revealed about his worldview. Their allegation was that the way Corbyn understands the world — particularly questions about international relations — made him a threat to the party and the country.

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