Riley claims Corbynite vendetta Rachel Riley has told the High Court that Jeremy Corbyn supporters attempted to get her sacked from her job at Countdown. The broadcaster said she feared bosses at Channel 4 would terminate her contract after a former Corbyn aide, Laura Murray, said she was “as dangerous as she is stupid”. Riley, who has brought libel proceedings against Murray, said she became victim of a “concerted campaign... to get me fired from my job”. In April 2020, Justice Nicklin ruled that Murray’s tweet was defamatory.