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Jeremy Corbyn would destroy the US-UK special relationship
Jeremy Corbyn would destroy the US-UK special relationship
Feb 11, 2026 5:24 AM

Citizens across the UK are casting their votes in the 2019 general election. Jeremy Corbyn “seems in equal parts blind to the violence of socialism, the goodness of the West, and anti-Semitism in his own party,” I write in my new article for The American Spectator.

The voters’ decision will have a decisive impact on the United States and the West as a whole. The Labour Party leader would destroy the special relationship of the U.S. and the UK. After noting Corbyn’s history of praising Marxist dictators, honoring terrorists, and turning a blind eye to the Labour Party’s anti-Semitism, the article quotes a Corbyn ally who states antipathy toward Jews emanates from “the left of the party”:

That brings up an issue that receives too little attention: Corbyn’s economic collectivist extremism. Corbyn has endorsed the bination of progressive taxation and nationalization since the pre-Thatcher era of the 1970s. The man Corbyn has handpicked to e chancellor of the exchequer, John McDonnell, hascasuallyconfessed, “I am a Marxist,”and believes there is great wisdom to be had from readingDas Kapital. Corbyn has mentioned offhand that in his spare moments he daydreams about socialism. Even if he wanted to maintain a pro-American stance out ofrealpolitik —of which there is no evidence — the weak, sluggish UK he’d create would lack the resources to be of much use.

The Acton Powerblog recently shared the heartbreaking story of a Venezuelan immigrant whose father died in Caracas, not out of malice, but from the accumulated shortages caused by socialism. Economic shortages could kill transatlantic strategic alliances, as well.

Corbyn’s popularity in the UK’s 2019 general election, which will determine the strength of the global democratic alliance, is further proof the West’s biggest e from within.

Read the whole article here.

Corbyn faces left during a general election rally in Birmingham. Jeremy Corbyn. This photo has been cropped. CC BY 2.0.)

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