It seems the wokest paper in all the west has blundered once again. Last Wednesday the Guardian published a leader column on ‘Labour and antisemitism’ in which the bastion of right-on liberalism opined on the party’s record under Jeremy Corbyn. It opined that:

Mr Corbyn has a formidable record fighting against racism and in speaking up for many persecuted peoples, but in this case he was too slow and too defensive. To show how much better he was than some of his critics allowed, he should have tried harder to engage with their criticisms.

But it seems that not all of the Graun’s readers share their paper’s view of the Magic Grandpa’s reign of error. Today’s letters page makes for damning reading, with the Holocaust Educational Trust, the Jewish Labour Movement and one of Britain’s leading historians all queuing up to condemn the newspaper for its somewhat generous interpretation of Jezza’s record in office. Simon Sebag Montefiore began his contribution thus:

 Like many other people, particularly my fellow Jews, I was surprised, dismayed and disappointed by your editorial. It is extraordinary that the Guardian should devote a formal editorial to defending Jeremy Corbyn only three years after his toxic crankery led to the unprecedented shame of an Equality and Human Rights Commission investigation into racism.

Ouch. Sebag Montefiore accuses the editorial of ‘craven bad faith’ and masking ‘Corbyn’s strange affinity for repressive, bigoted regimes and organisations.’ It ‘shows contempt for the EHRC’ and ‘implies that antisemitism is something other than racism. In doing so, it makes light of centuries of anti-Jewish racism. It is almost as if your editorial was carefully crafted to hurt Jewish people.’ Karen Pollock, chief executive of the Holocaust Educational Trust continued:

The notion that “Jeremy Corbyn was wrong in his initial response” suggests no responsibility or culpability from the man at the head of a political party for five years. This is a rewriting of history and a slap in the face to all those who suffered under Mr Corbyn’s Labour party and to all those who stood up to this poison, at great personal cost.

And Mike Katz, the Chairman of the Jewish Labour Movement criticised Corbyn’s ‘reluctance to show any remorse’ and asked whether ‘Jews really don’t count’ in the eyes of the Guardian.

Mr S looks forward to the Graun sticking that on one of their messages begging for donations…