London — On Friday, Jeremy Corbyn will say the war on terror isn’t working, laying some of the blame for domestic terrorism on UK foreign policy in a speech marking the resumption of election campaigning four days after a suicide bomber killed 22 people in Manchester. The opposition Labour Party leader will seek to capitalise on a poll showing the Conservative lead slipping to five percentage points — its narrowest since Theresa May became prime minister last July. Less than two weeks before the June 8 general election, he’ll end the truce that followed the bombing, with an attack on austerity policies pursued by May’s Conservatives, saying they weakened the emergency services. He’ll also promise to overhaul Britain’s foreign policy so that it "fights rather than fuels terrorism". "We must be brave enough to admit the ‘war on terror’ is simply not working," Corbyn, a longtime peace activist who opposed British involvement in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, will say, according to e...
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