Jeremy Corbyn to take legal action against Nigel Farage
The former Labour leader, who now sits as an Independent, said he could not let ‘disgusting and malicious lies go unchallenged’.
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Your support makes all the difference.Jeremy Corbyn has said he is taking the “first steps” in legal action against Nigel Farage over a “highly defamatory statement”.
The former Labour leader, who now sits as an Independent, said he could not let “disgusting and malicious lies go unchallenged”.
A statement from Mr Corbyn’s team alleged Mr Farage had “accused Jeremy Corbyn of subscribing to an antisemitic conspiracy theory”.
In a post on X, formerly Twitter, the MP said: “I have asked my lawyers to take the first steps in commencing legal proceedings against Nigel Farage, following a highly defamatory statement about me.
“We are a movement for peace — and we cannot stand by and let these disgusting and malicious lies go unchallenged.”
Tory MP Ben Bradley apologised in 2018 for posting a “wholly untrue false” statement about Mr Corbyn passing British secrets to a communist spy after he was threatened with legal action over the allegation.