Criticism of Putin is censored by Corbyn aide: Seumas Milne blocks anti-Russia briefing note to Labour MPs
The Mail on Sunday has been told that Seumas Milne, the pro-Kremlin head of communications for the Labour leader, became angry when he saw a briefing note which had been prepared for the party’s MPs telling them what ‘lines to take’ on the debate.
The memo said the MPs should include arguments about security when opposing Brexit – and in particular that leaving the EU would weaken the West’s ability to stand up to Vladimir Putin.
But, extraordinarily, Mr Milne insisted on deleting all references to Moscow before he would allow it to be sent to MPs.
A Labour source said: ‘Seumas just hit ‘‘control F’’ on his keyboard [a shortcut for searching through text], entered the word ‘‘Russia’’ and zapped all the critical passages.’
Mr Milne said the claim was 'entirely untrue'. Before he took leave from The Guardian to take up his post with Mr Corbyn, Mr
Milne wrote a series of pro-Russian articles.
In one piece, he wrote: ‘Communism in the Soviet Union, eastern Europe and elsewhere delivered rapid industrialisation, mass education, job security and huge advances in social and gender equality. It encompassed genuine idealism and commitment.’
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