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Yeah agreed, that was a question clearly posed to rile up the moderates in the party, knowing how he would respond with his hardline anti-war stance.
Whether or not I agree with the statement, I judge his character higher for that response; unapologetically honest, to a fault even, and stood by his beliefs. That is definitely evidence of him being a poor politician; had he less integrity, he may never have been ousted... But equally, with less integrity; he'd probably end up just another Blair clone like Starmer.
It's no different with the Ukraine Russia situation. Corbyn is calling for de-escalation rather than war with Russia; which will inevitably be spun into Corbyn being Pro-Putin in the media rather than anti-WW3. Sure he could keep his mouth shut, and play the game, but why should he? The country is tired of politics. "Nothing ever changes", "they're all the same" are common complaints citizens have... So maybe we should stop voting for people based on their capacity to be dishonest, and instead look at the people who seem to have some integrity.