Exclusive: Jeremy Corbyn Should Not Apologise For The Iraq War, Say Labour Voters

A majority of Labour voters do not believe Jeremy Corbyn should apologise for the Iraq War, a Survation poll for The Huffington Post UK can reveal.
The Labour leader has frequently said he would say sorry for the party’s role in the 2003 American-led invasion of the Middle East country in which dictator Saddam Hussain was toppled. The decision to back the war was hugely controversial at the time, and some in the Labour movement believe it tainted the legacy of their last period in office and the reputation of then-Prime Minister Tony Blair.

Although some allies of Mr Corbyn wanted him to use his first conference speech to make the landmark apology, HuffPost UK has been told that it was 'never the case' that he planned to do so. He will instead issue the apology 'in due course', but not in Brighton. The exclusive Survation poll shows that 53 per cent of Labour voters do not believe Mr Corbyn should apologise on behalf of the party for the decision to send British troops into war in Iraq. Just 32 per cent believe he should apologise, while 15 per cent did not know. Among voters from all parties, 31 per cent agreed that Mr Corbyn should apologise, with 47 per cent disagreeing, and 22 per cent not knowing. The survey also showed that just a third of Labour voters – 34 per cent - believe Mr Corbyn will win the next election, with 31 per cent not believing he can and 35 per cent did not know.


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now corbyns true colours will start to show

I don't think he should apologise either.

If he backed the invasion himself, he could apologise for that if he now thinks that it was a bad thing to do. He could also admit that it was dumb and that he didn't pay attention to the evidence or lack of it for WMD at the time. I don't see the point of him apologising for the entire party though.

He would do better to apologise for his lack of condemnation for the IRA, but only if he really is sorry. If he's not, then he's not fit to lead this country anyway.

he will crumble

corbyn is just like any other politician - a power hungry whore.

he is already facing defeat across the board on so many issues. It wouldnt be beyond the realms of possibility that corbyn is being used as a patsy

put corbyn in, let labour see him destory the party and soften them up for the real choice when it gets closer to the elections

He has no reason to apologise!

smelly-bandit wrote:he will crumble

corbyn is just like any other politician - a power hungry whore.

he is already facing defeat across the board on so many issues. It wouldnt be beyond the realms of possibility that corbyn is being used as a patsy

put corbyn in, let labour see him destory the party and soften them up for the real choice when it gets closer to the elections  

I think you are wrong. Surprise surprise!

He may be what Labour needs

SEXY MAMA wrote:

smelly-bandit wrote:he will crumble

corbyn is just like any other politician - a power hungry whore.

he is already facing defeat across the board on so many issues. It wouldnt be beyond the realms of possibility that corbyn is being used as a patsy

put corbyn in, let labour see him destory the party and soften them up for the real choice when it gets closer to the elections  

I think you are wrong. Surprise surprise!

He may be what Labour needs

no

he is what everyone else needs

labour is utterly finito with him at the helm

watch and see what happens in the coming years as we get closer to the election, corbyn has so many undesirable associates and has said so many terrible things in the past and all of them are no doubt marked and recorded by the tories who will drip feed them to the public.

it will be a massacre for labour under him

smelly-bandit wrote:

SEXY MAMA wrote:

I think you are wrong. Surprise surprise!

He may be what Labour needs

no

he is what everyone else needs

labour is utterly finito with him at the helm

watch and see what happens in the  coming years as we get closer to the election, corbyn has so many undesirable associates and has said so many terrible things in the past and all of them are no doubt marked and recorded by the tories who will drip feed them to the public.

it will be a massacre for labour under him

Lets wait and see.

He's going to appeal to extreme lefties obviously, but what percentage of the population falls into that category?

Isn't that why the titles were so delighted at him winning?
They know labour isn't getting in under that nut job

eddie wrote:Isn't that why the titles were so delighted at him winning?
They know labour isn't getting in under that nut job

Yes. Do you mean Tories?

SEXY MAMA wrote:

smelly-bandit wrote:

no

he is what everyone else needs

labour is utterly finito with him at the helm

watch and see what happens in the  coming years as we get closer to the election, corbyn has so many undesirable associates and has said so many terrible things in the past and all of them are no doubt marked and recorded by the tories who will drip feed them to the public.

it will be a massacre for labour under him

Lets wait and see.

considering you were unaware of his support for the IRA and hezbollah and hamas (by the way) i would suggest that a few more unpleasant suprises lay in store