Corbyn Stumble: Lay Off

David Dimbleby  has written in the Guardian that Jeremy Corbyn is treated unfairly by the press. This is a most unusual intervention from a national treasure and the voice of the nation on all state occasions, general elections and the like. He weekly chairs the foremost national TV political show, Question Time. So when he speaks we listen and the point he makes is valid. Baiting Labour spokespeople has become a national pastime of much of the media establishment, most of which is to the right or centre right. Corbyn gets the worst treatment of all.

So today when he lost concentration on Woman’s Hour, there was a feeding frenzy of replays and aggressive interviewing of his colleagues by BBC journalists of whom we expect better. It was actually rather cruel. You do not kick people who fall, whether it is Corbyn, Diane Abbot or even Theresa May. But be assured this is a vote winner.

Nobody is voting for Corbyn because he is a faultless spin master. They will be voting for him and Labour because he cares about people and he articulates issues the way they see them. He empathizes with the worries in their lives and their yearning for a better fairer country. He can also suffer from exhaustion. On his schedule on their behalf, that is no small wonder. It shows he his human. Just like them. That is what they like about him most of all.