Hugh Grant crushes the Sunday Times for launching ‘psy ops’ against Jeremy Corbyn

Hugh Grant


Support us and go ad-free

Hugh Grant slammed the Sunday Times on 16 July for launching “psy ops” against Jeremy Corbyn.

“Once a newspaper…”

Grant, a British household name, accused the paper of launching attacks against the Labour leader at the behest of its owner Rupert Murdoch:

 

Related articles

Read on...

Support us and go ad-free

Grant doesn’t just save his criticism for the right-wing press. In July 2018, he branded the Conservative government:

The most fuck awful government in the history of fuck awful governments.

The actor was referring to the treatment of disabled people by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). After investigating the DWP’s policies, the UN has warned that the Conservative government is presiding over “grave” and “systematic” violations of disabled people’s human rights.

“Complete falsehoods”

The Labour press office has repeatedly slammed the Sunday Times for “seriously misleading” front pages and stories about Corbyn and the party. In April, Labour accused the paper of selectively editing emails:

And in November 2018, Labour called out more false claims:

Another example comes from September 2018, when the opposition criticised the Sunday Times for repeating “discredited” allegations about former Labour leader Michael Foot:

The Sunday Times had to pay legal damages to Foot, who died in 2010, over the claims in 1995.

The Corbyn threat

There are a number of reasons why billionaires like Murdoch may want to fend off Corbyn. Among Murdoch’s financial interests is Genie Energy, where he sits on the advisory board. This is a major oil company with global fossil fuel interests, including in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. Recently, Donald Trump unilaterally recognised Israel as the owner of the territory, ignoring the UN which condemns the illegal occupation.

Genie Energy also has commercial interests in the UK energy market.

Under Corbyn, Labour plans to roll out publicly owned, locally controlled renewable energy firms to compete with private energy in the UK. And Corbyn is a longstanding opponent of Israel’s colonial occupations in the Middle East.

A Corbyn-led government is a direct threat to Murdoch’s commercial interests.

So, for Grant, it’s no surprise that Murdoch’s newspapers are attacking the leader of the opposition. The billionaire does not want Corbyn to undo the establishment’s cosy set up.

Featured image via YouTube – TCM España

Support us and go ad-free

We need your help to keep speaking the truth

Every story that you have come to us with; each injustice you have asked us to investigate; every campaign we have fought; each of your unheard voices we amplified; we do this for you. We are making a difference on your behalf.

Our fight is your fight. You’ve supported our collective struggle every time you gave us a like; and every time you shared our work across social media. Now we need you to support us with a monthly donation.

We have published nearly 2,000 articles and over 50 films in 2021. And we want to do this and more in 2022 but we don’t have enough money to go on at this pace. So, if you value our work and want us to continue then please join us and be part of The Canary family.

In return, you get:

* Advert free reading experience
* Quarterly group video call with the Editor-in-Chief
* Behind the scenes monthly e-newsletter
* 20% discount in our shop

Almost all of our spending goes to the people who make The Canary’s content. So your contribution directly supports our writers and enables us to continue to do what we do: speaking truth, powered by you. We have weathered many attempts to shut us down and silence our vital opposition to an increasingly fascist government and right-wing mainstream media.

With your help we can continue:

* Holding political and state power to account
* Advocating for the people the system marginalises
* Being a media outlet that upholds the highest standards
* Campaigning on the issues others won’t
* Putting your lives central to everything we do

We are a drop of truth in an ocean of deceit. But we can’t do this without your support. So please, can you help us continue the fight?

The Canary Support us
  • Show Comments

    1. Rumour has it Hugh Grant is to play the lead role (loosely identified as Jeremy Corbyn) in a new macabre/comedy version of ‘Love Actually’ entitled ‘Labour Actually. It’s said the script, still in the final stages of composing, has a scene where ‘a Dame Margaret Hodge-type character (to be played by Miriam Margolyes) falls in love with the Labour leader who is portrayed as, actually, in something of a masochistic bent, revels in ‘getting-off’ on spiteful, foulmouthedness which Miriam (as Hodge) is able to brilliantly foulmouth. By all accounts there are to be some hilarious portrayals of Labour MPs and other anti-Labour characters in the script. For example, a Blair identified anthropomorphic creature in the playlist is a frog who converts to a toad.

      Cant’ wait for the production to do the rounds as a play or a film – both of which is uncertain as yet.

      Report comment

    Leave a Reply

    Join the conversation

    Please read our comment moderation policy here.

Related articles