The interesting thing is that this story comes from a biography written by a Tory. With friends like that Dave doesn't need enemies. The best the papers could find on Corbyn was his great great grandad was a rather nasty workhouse official who bullied the poor; obviously he was a Tory at heart.
Both stories demonstrate the futility of either reading or giving credence to newspaper stories.
Why so? If the story is a blatant lie then Dave will have no choice but to sue won't he? Or at least that's the logic I've seen used around these parts when it comes to smeary stories in the press about others.
I note you failed to actually answer my question btw. Is it not true that the Tory s..m press could have chosen to ignore this book? The fact that they have leapt upon this particular detail with glee seems to demonstrate to me that they'd print a damning story about their own grandmothers in order to sell a paper and that no one in the public eye (particularly those who put themselves forward as leaders and do-gooders) is safe from being picked on, exposed and ridiculed. Which, if you're in favour of a free press, is what you have to expect, even if you're as saintly and altruistic as Jeremy Corbyn.