Jeremy Corbyn pressured to defend selfie with ‘far-right racist’ praising him
Jeremy Corbyn has been pressured to defend taking a selfie with a far-right politician from Norway. Twitter consumer Jack Lewis tagged the previous Labour in a tweet with a photograph of Hans Jorgen Lysglimt Johansen taking a selfie with Mr Corbyn.
Mr Lewis mentioned: “@jeremycorbyn any chance you could explain this? I supported you in 2019, and I have never believed that you are an anti-Semite, but why are you taking photos with far-right antisemitic racists who are praising your views???”
To this tweet, Mr Corbyn replied: “Hi Jack. I am approached for selfies on a daily basis from strangers.
“I had no idea who this individual was. Naturally, I condemn his abhorrent politics in the strongest possible terms.”
Mr Johansen, 51, is a member of the Norwegian Alliance – Alternative for Norway social gathering. In his submit on Facebook, he mentioned Mr Corbyn was “a good man speaking the truth”.
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Mr Johansen, a Norwegian economist, is thought for his neo-Nazi rhetoric and racist and antisemitic statements.
He first grew to become recognized within the Norwegian mass media when he got here out as a supporter of former President Donald Trump throughout his 2016 US presidential election marketing campaign.
Following this breakout second, he has turn into recognized for statements which were described as racist and made statements about Holocaust denial and assaults on Jews.
This isn’t the primary time Mr Johansen has been within the news outdoors of Norway. In 2021, he staged an anti-vax protest at a highschool.
Vice reported that Mr Johansen turned up uninvited to the college and handed out 500 kroner (£36.42) to college students in the event that they promised to not take the coronavirus vaccine.
The incident reportedly passed off at an occasion in Oslo the place college students between the ages of 16 and 19 might meet politicians forward of nationwide elections.
NRK reported that Mr Johansen turned up with an anti-vax placard and refused to go away when requested by college officers.
The college’s then principal, Berit Hetland, informed NRK: “It is totally unacceptable what they have done. So I called the police, and while we were waiting for the police, they withdrew.”
Mr Johansen informed the broadcaster that he had proven his face on the college as he felt aggrieved that his social gathering had not been invited.
He mentioned the cash he was handing to college students was “from my own wallet because I am concerned that young people should not take the vaccine”.
Some of the scholars who took the cash informed NRK that they had been already absolutely vaccinated.
Associate professor within the sociology and political science division on the Norwegian University of Science and Technology Henning FINSERASS informed Vice World News that the stunt wasn’t uncommon for Mr Johansen who used them as a possibility to attract consideration to his social gathering.
He mentioned: “The party is very small and does not get any airtime in election debates, and their policy platform does not get coverage by the media.”