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That article was written after his original statements on Salisbury, where amongst other things he asked if the UK was going to hand over samples so the Russians could analyse them.
This is the thing people miss about the Skripal thing and Corbyn's take on it. His eventual position was reasonable, which is what many of his supporters claim now, but they forget to mention that he ONLY came to that position after an enormous outcry.
People might disagree with how the story is framed in Left Out but they cannot disagree with the timeline. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/jeremy-corbyns-stance-on-skripals-was-political-poison-at-the-polls-3hnbj7hpb
his stance on the skripal affair (his actual stance, not the rw caricature rooted in baseless smears that eventually took hold in the press and parliament) struck me as eminently reasonable - not sure what you mean about his delivery.
if your political opponents (including many in your party and the so-called progressive press) are going to outright lie about your positions and propagate endless snide innuendos which suggest you (and your milieu) are "pro-putin", you're on a hiding to nothing regardless how you deliver this