<i>rogue actors at the top level</i><p>Like that time when the King was a Nazi spy. That was awkward. <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.lrb.co.uk&#x2F;v10&#x2F;n16&#x2F;paul-foot&#x2F;the-great-times-they-could-have-had" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.lrb.co.uk&#x2F;v10&#x2F;n16&#x2F;paul-foot&#x2F;the-great-times-they-...</a> . The position of the Sinn Fein MPs is awkward as well.<p>Peter Hain complained about the security forces holding a file on him due to anti-apartheit campaigning: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theguardian.com&#x2F;commentisfree&#x2F;2015&#x2F;mar&#x2F;25&#x2F;special-branch-watching-me-mp-democracy" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theguardian.com&#x2F;commentisfree&#x2F;2015&#x2F;mar&#x2F;25&#x2F;special...</a><p>And now we have Jeremy Corbyn being openly denounced as a &quot;threat to national security&quot;. This has got Russia Today laughing at us, pointing out that we&#x27;d be condemning the same language if used by a regime we didn&#x27;t like.