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Jeremy Corbyn can't afford to be naive about his foreign policy

Here's what he should do.

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Jeremy Corbyn is a man with a conscience. He is a committed anti-imperialist, and has made a regular habit of criticising the moral hypocrisies which so often characterise British foreign policy. However, this means he will be painted by the Conservatives and right-wing media as someone who is ‘weak’, who will ‘surrender’ to autocrats like Putin, and someone whose only interest in human rights is as a means to bash the West.

This is not true, but perceptions can be damaging. Here’s what he should do.