Corbyn was and is no more pro-Russia than Starmer, despite the fact that a lot of anti-Corbyn propaganda painted him that way back when he was in charge of the party.
Corbyn was much better than Starmer overall, but his reaction to Ukraine, and Russia more broadly, was weak AF. He was calling for a ceasefire and addressing Russia’s “legitimate grievances” then they were on the outskirts of Kyiv. If the fighting had stopped then and the Russians could dig in it would have been the end of Ukraine as an independent state.
Corbyn was and is no more pro-Russia than Starmer, despite the fact that a lot of anti-Corbyn propaganda painted him that way back when he was in charge of the party.
Corbyn was much better than Starmer overall, but his reaction to Ukraine, and Russia more broadly, was weak AF. He was calling for a ceasefire and addressing Russia’s “legitimate grievances” then they were on the outskirts of Kyiv. If the fighting had stopped then and the Russians could dig in it would have been the end of Ukraine as an independent state.