The Herald:

IN a year full of abject comments by the UK’s political class it seems we have an outright winner with just a few days to spare. David Lammy, Labour’s shadow Foreign Secretary felt moved to apologise for nominating Jeremy Corbyn for the party leadership in 2015.

Lammy told a small on-line gathering for a Jewish festival event: “I regret nominating Jeremy Corbyn and if I knew what I do now, I never would have nominated him.

“I never believed he would become leader. That was a mistake and I am sorry for that.”

We’ve been here before with this craven and shallow politician. Earlier this year he attempted to bend with what he believed to be the prevailing wind by mocking feminists in his party over trans rights. Having accused these women of “hoarding rights,” he then doubled down on the insult. “There are some dinosaurs on the right,” before adding “that those dinosaurs exist in our own party.”


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