- Jeremy Corbyn has attacked the British media following reports that claim he used to be a Communist informant.
- The Labour Party leader say the stories prove the right-wing press is "worried" about the prospect of a Labour government.
- He dismissed the allegations as "lies and smears."
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Watch Jeremy Corbyn attack media 'lies and smears' over Soviet spy claims
The Labour Party leader argues the newspaper reports suggesting he was a Communist informant are proof the right-wing papers are 'worried' about Labour.
Jeremy Corbyn has attacked the British media over a series of reports quoting a Soviet-era spy who claims the Labour leader was a Communist informant in the 1980's, calling the allegations "lies and smears."
In a video shared to his social media channels on Tuesday evening, the left-wing politician argued the stories are evidence that the right-leaning press is becoming "worried" about a potential Labour government.
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spy Ján Sarkocy said he had met with the Labour leader before the fall of the Soviet Union, and that Corbyn was paid for intelligence he provided. A spokesperson for Corbyn denied the claim, saying that Corbyn had met with someone w
The head of the Czech Security Forces Archive (which keeps the communist-era spy agency StB's archives) has also said that Corbyn did not know who he was meeting with,Prague Daily Monitor reported. "Mr Corbyn was neither registered [by the StB] as a collaborator, nor does this [his collaboration] stem from archive documents," Svetlana Ptacnikova said.
Corbyn dismissed the allegations as "nonsense" when he was was asked about them at a press conference on Tuesday.
In his video, Corbyn said: "
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And heres a transcript of Jeremy Corbyns remarks:
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