Rachel Riley thought her support would boost a libellous petition against Jeremy Corbyn. Big mistake!
That well-known self-proclaimed campaigner against racism and inequality, Princess Countdown (also sometimes known as Rachel Riley) has trumpeted her support for a libellous petition condemning Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn as an anti-Semite.
She wrote:
Jeremy Corbyn is an antisemite and is unfit to hold any public office.
Over 50,000 signatures, and now it has mine.
Please add yours and share. #BeLouderhttps://t.co/kX58nd7b4T
— Rachel Riley (@RachelRileyRR) April 22, 2019
In so doing, she has very clearly libelled Mr Corbyn. He is not an anti-Semite – or indeed any kind of racist – and is certainly not unfit to hold public office. She may feel safe in this act as Mr Corbyn is unlikely to respond. He seems to believe that doing so would lend credibility to the lies, although I’m open to other opinions and evidence.
The petition she is supporting was put on the Change.org website eight months ago by a little-known right-wing fringe group and fake charity calling itself the Campaign Against Antisemitism.
I wrote about it at the time, pointing out that objectors could call for the petition to be removed by clicking on a link marked “Report a policy violation“. Unfortunately Change.org, in its wisdom, has only added a line saying, “We have received flags from our users that the facts in this petition may be contested. You should consider researching this issue before signing or sharing.”
One may also report the Campaign Against Antisemitism to the Charity Commission for violating the requirement that charities must be non-political, by clicking this link.
Meanwhile, Ms Riley’s libellous tweet has attracted a considerable number of responses – in opposition.'
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