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JEREMY CORBYN and his top team voted against stripping ISIS fighters of their citizenship – and opposed new laws that would make “judgments” on those returning to Britain.
In 2014 the then-backbencher said those who show their support for the terror group should not be prosecuted, because expressing a political viewpoint is not a crime.
In a parliamentary debate on temporary control orders on citizens returning from abroad, Mr Corbyn warned against a “knee-jerk reaction” to dealing with ISIS fighters.
The now Labour leader said that all anti-terror legislation “is an attempt to give greater and greater executive powers to the Home Secretary”.
Mr Corbyn said he was “deeply concerned” about stripping British nationals of their citizenship – especially if there was evidence they had sympathy for extremists, but didn’t commit a specific crime.