I just find it offensive to suggest that someone who has lost his wife to extremism has extremist links. I thought that was enough justification. If you do not, fair enough, but I am not on my own nor, I suspect, are you.

Not alone? Of course we are not. Every possible view is held by someone.
So what?

I would agree with you Dave if it was a baseless smear, but I doubt that it was.
If it has some truth in it, is it still "a new political low?"
How certain are you of the facts Dave?

Have you dropped your objection to him replying to the criticism put to him live on radio?