Chris Deerin: Shame on all who let Corbyn destroy the Labour Party we knew

IN 2016, I joined the Labour Party. It was a decision I wrestled with – although naturally sympathetic towards Labour in its centrist form, I’ve always believed journalists shouldn’t be joiners. Independence of thought and practice – what Graham Greene called the “splinter of ice in the heart” – is the writer’s most precious possession. There are times you need to wield the blade, and that’s easier to do if you’re free.http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16117713.Chris_Deerin__Shame_on_all_who_let_Corbyn_destroy_the_Labour_Party_we_knew/?ref=rss