My point is and was....where was all this outrage over the slurs against the last Labour leader ?
Why do you think....you do have a point of asking the question compare and contrast ?
People like Freedland are part of the reason we have Johnson,you do see the irony of his fake outrage don't you ?
There was plenty of outrage from within the Labour Party, but little from outside because, although it may have passed your notice and it was definitely unfair, Corbyn was unpopular with many on the right and left.
I believe you are prepared to liken unfair smears on Starmer by Johnson as just playground stuff because you do not rate him at all, unlike Corbyn, which is just a bit hypocritical.
I don't give a toss about people like Freedland, and I have learned to expect little less from most political journalists, and I am certainly not outraged by comments from people like him, just saddened. Sadly politics is getting dirtier in this age of instant communication and round the clock commentary.