Let's have his answers at last and let's see what's in his still-closed Stazi file — this is the man who wants to be our Prime Minister after all
JEREMY Corbyn has questions to answer.
Our revelation that he met with a Soviet-backed spy in the 1980s is another example of his shocking judgment.
Some of his supporters claim that he has nothing to hide. If that’s the case let’s see what’s in his still-closed Stasi file, and see what dealings he had with the East German regime too.
Regardless, Corbyn was faced with a choice — and the man who wants to be Prime Minister picked wrong.
Just as he did when he said corrupt and skint Venezuela’s “achievements” were “cause for celebration”.
Or when he invited IRA representatives to Parliament, two weeks after the Brighton bombing.
Or in the Falklands War — a “Tory plot” — and when he blamed Nato for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Or when he made paid appearances on Iranian state TV, just five years ago, despite the channel having already been banned after it filmed the detention and torture of a journalist.
This man cannot be allowed the key to No10.
A FREE Press is vital to a free society.
This is what makes the letter that arrived at our and other newspapers’ offices this week, from former F1 boss Max Mosley, so terrifying.
Using data protection laws never intended to apply to journalists, he wants us to never again report either the court case revealing he’d enjoyed an S&M orgy with five prostitutes, nor that he is behind significant funding to the state-approved Press regulator Impress.
It is fundamentally in the public interest for you, our readers, to know both Mr Mosley’s reason for his hatred of newspapers, and the way in which it appears he is seeking his revenge.
If we were to bow to him — or if he follows through on his threat to sue us, and wins — we would be offering a Get Out Of Jail Free card to exactly the people that we need to be scrutinising.
Mosley isn’t all bad. When he was boss of Formula One, he refused to give in to the snowflakes and kept grid girls, for instance. Perhaps he’s always had a thing for girls in uniform.
But his threat to gag the Press is very dangerous indeed.
EVERY parent of a young footballer has uttered the words: “Surely they’re not playing on this?”
The state of grassroots football in this country is shocking. And it stands in stark contrast to the billions floating around the Premier League after another bumper TV deal.
If we want the next Harry Kane to play, and love, the game, more of that cash needs to be spent lower down the pyramid.
