Ex-MI6 chief calls Polanski “dangerous”, but misses the irony

Sir Richard Dearlove, the former head of MI6, is back doing what he does best – smearing left-wing leaders.

After his baseless attacks on Jeremy Corbyn, he’s now set his sights on Zack Polanski.

Dearlove described Polanski’s view of geopolitics as “verging on the absurd, this man is really dangerous” and a potential far-left alliance involving parties like Your Party and the Greens as “a very dangerous prospect for the UK’s national security.”

He also mocked Polanski’s suggestion of military alliances with other countries, particularly the idea of partnering with Global South nations like Mexico and Brazil.

He also was surprised that the Greens’ campaign in Gorton and Denton could “attract attention”. Additionally, he was surprised that it was designed to capture the muslim vote.”

Deja vu

Reactions on social media to Dearlove was one of deja vu!

Dearlove used similar words to describe Corbyn in November 2019, just a month before the December 2019 General Election, which led to a Tory victory with Boris Johnson as the PM.

Dealove previously wrote in the Daily Mail that

Corbyn as Prime Minister, together with his current advisers, could be a present danger to our country.

Do not even think of taking the risk of handing this politician the keys to No 10.

The soft-spoken, apparently gentle old man who is promising voters the world may not be quite as he now wishes to present himself.

John Smith said: “That old chestnut… Been there, done that.”

Others had similar feelings.

If anyone is a threat, it is Dearlove

Craig Murray criticised the former intelligence head, as a man with the blood of millions on his hands.

The lies he told about Iraqi WMDs will not be easily forgotten.

Matt Kennard called Dearlove a “clown” who, as head of MI6, helped get Putin elected in 2000 at Russia’s bidding, played a key role in the illegal Iraq invasion, then cashed out at oil company Kosmos Energy.

Kennard documented this at Declassified UK. He revealed how Dearlove and fellow spy chiefs profited from the very threats they promoted while in office.

Tony Greenstein noted that the same intelligence service employed Salman Abedi, who was sent to Libya to fight with jihadists before bombing the Manchester Arena. He said NATO is “not our friend” but “a cause of war.” In addition, he called the US the main threat to freedom with its posturing against Canada and Greenland.

Chris Nieham has previously written in Counterfire about Dearlove.

The former head of M16 was a close associate of Blair and Alistair Campbell during the Iraq War and was one of two security service heads responsible for the ‘dodgy dossier’ which was used as the main justification for the Iraq War, the biggest disaster in British foreign policy for fifty years or more.

The dossier was heavily criticised in the Chilcot report and is widely believed to have been the worst mistake made by the UK intelligence community in the post-1945 era.

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