Why did Labour’s Corbynista-controlled NEC accept Gerry Downing’s appeal and let the 9/11 apologist back into the party? Surely nothing to do with the fact he is chums with John McDonnell. Watch as McDonnell and Downing laugh together and rant about “militant” strike action on a panel three years ago:

Downing has written extensively about his Trotskyite views and his justification for terrorism for years. There’s no need for McDonnell to scrap the compliance unit, they’re letting his mental mates in anyway…

UPDATE: There’s more:

Gerry Downing from Grassroots Left calling for council house building programme & rent controls at @LRCinfo AGM pic.twitter.com/lj0bm0YSx7

— John McDonnell MP (@johnmcdonnellMP) November 8, 2014