‘Security services may be to blame’

Agents of the security services may be responsible for the bullying and abuse of critics of Jeremy Corbyn in an attempt to stir up trouble for the Labour leader, the Unite trade union boss Len McCluskey has claimed.

Mr McCluskey, a strong supporter of Mr Corbyn, said the security services had a history of “dark practices” and suggested “rightwingers” in disguisemaybe responsible for the actions attributed to the Labour leader’s supporters.

“Do people believe for one second that the security forces are not involved in dark practices?” he told a national newspaper.

“We found out just a couple of years ago that the chair ofmy union then, the Transport and General Workers Union, was an MI5 informant.

“(In) 1972, Iwas on strike for six weeks. And 30 years later it comes out that the chair of my union at that time was an MI5 informant.”

“Anybody who thinks that that isn’t happening doesn’t live in the same world that I live in.

“Do you think that there’s not all kinds of right-wingers who are not secretly able to disguise themselves and stir up trouble? I find it amazing if people think that isn’t happening.”

Len McCluskey: claim