Jeremy Corbin: it would have been far better for us all if Jihadi John had been held to account in a court of law.

I agree. Killing someone proves he was vulnerable. Convicting him in a fair trial proves he did wrong.

I do not think killing him was wrong under the circumstances; there was no feasible way to arrest him. Corbyn did not say it was wrong to kill Jihadi John, but his political enemies are pretending that he did.

By contrast, the US could have arrested and tried Osama bin Laden, so it should have done so rather than kill him.