Jeremy Corbyn to take legal action over tweet from councillor’s account

File photo dated 18/08/21 of Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn (Kirsty O’Connor/PA)

Former UK Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is taking legal action over a tweet posted that appeared to be mocking the Liverpool terrorist attack.

A doctored photo was posted on the account of Paul Nickerson, a Conservative councillor in East Riding in Yorkshire, which had superimposed Mr Corbyn carrying a Remembrance wreath to make it appear as if he was walking towards the burning taxi at the centre of the blast outside Liverpool Women’s Hospital.