Jeremy Corbyn was taken to task over the validity of the explosive trade dossier he presented last week (Picture: PA/REX/ITV)

The Labour leader is facing questions over whether Russian misinformation was behind a ‘leaked’ 451-page report which he claimed proved the NHS is up for grabs in a US trade deal.

Jeremy Corbyn presented the unredacted documents at an explosive press conference last week and accused the Conservative government of ‘selling out’ the health service.

But today on ITV’s This Morning he skirted around Phillip Schofield’s claim the notes had been downloaded from Reddit, where they had been available since October.

It comes as research by social media analytics firm Graphika and international affairs think tank The Atlantic Council found the documents were spread online in a similar way to the Russian Secondary Infektion misinformation campaign.




When asked about the validity of the documents Corbyn said: ‘I held the dossier up because it had been released, and I’ve seen it, and at no stage until today when this new conspiracy theory arose has anyone challenged the correctness of that document, the veracity of that document.

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Corbyn said no one had questioned it until a ‘new conspiracy theory arose’ today (Picture: ITV/REX)

‘If the document is not accurate, then why is it, it’s been out there all this time, no minister has claimed it’s inaccurate.

‘No Government has, and in reality the minutes are there of meetings which involved Liam Fox in the early stages and officials later on.

‘And Donald Trump himself said everything is on the table, including our National Health Service.’

Today the US President slammed the NHS by saying he would not want it, even if it was ‘handed to us on a silver platter’.

Schofield also brought up an article written by the Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis, who claimed Corbyn was unfit for office because he has allowed ‘the poison of anti-Semitism to take root in the Labour Party’.

He skirted around the fact it had been available on Reddit since October (Picture: ITV/REX)

After being asked to apologise for anti-Jewish racism within his ranks, the MP for Islington North said: ‘Our party and me do not accept anti-Semitism in any form. Obviously I’m very sorry for everything that has happened.

‘But I want to make this very clear: I am dealing with it, I have dealt with it, other parties are also affected by anti-Semitism.

‘Candidates have been withdrawn by the Liberal Democrats, and the Conservatives and by us because of it. We just do not accept it in any form whatsoever.’

Corbyn said he had not been contacted by the Chief Rabbi but said he would be ‘very happy to meet him’.

He added: ‘I recognise that anti-Semitism is a poison and it’s very dangerous and if it’s allowed to run on you know what happens, you know the history of Europe in the 20th century.’

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