Due to pressing ministry
duties, I cannot go into the subject in detail. But the election of Jeremy Corbyn as UK
Labour leader compels me to put my foot down. Support of him is not morally defensible. And, to put it as nicely as I can, the
overwhelming election of him by Labourites does not speak well of them at all.
He is a vile man in so
many ways, including his history of anti-Semitism and his past support for IRA
and Muslim terrorists. His
appointment to Shadow Chancellor just adds to his enormities. The appointee, MP John McDonnell, once said he would like to “go back to the 1980s
and assassinate Thatcher.” What a
lovely man.
And, no, although working
within Labour to oust Corbyn may be morally defensible for a Christian, support
for him most emphatically is not, Bishop Pete Broadbent’s support for him not
withstanding.
One wonders how Church of England authorities would respond to a bishop supporting an equally vile politician of the Right. Oh, I think we already know.
Really, I was tempted to
re-run a slightly edited version of my August post questioning Christian
support for today’s U.S. Democrat Party because so many of the same principles apply
here. No political party is undeserving
of robust criticism (And I am hardly a supporter of establishment Republicans
or of Cameronite Tories, and this post is not
to be so taken.). But there is a point beyond which arguments of moral
equivalence or indifference utterly fail as such arguments often do.
Trust me I could say
more. And I am confident Mr.
Corbyn will give us all much on which to converse.
By the way, Bernie
Sanders is just “delighted” with Corbyn’s election as Labour leader.
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