Corbyn aide called Countdown star ‘as dangerous as she is stupid’.

A former Jeremy Corbyn staffer libelled Countdown star Rachel Riley in an online spat, a court heard. Ms Riley, 35, claims a tweet published by Laura Murray more than two years ago caused her serious harm. The row began after an egg was hurled at Corbyn during a visit to Finsbury Park Mosque in north London on 3 March 2019. After the incident Ms Riley retweeted a post by Guardian columnist Owen Jones about a similar egg attack on former…

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