The thought police out in force in the UK?but just thinking and saying these things was the reason given for his suspension.
Jeremy Corbyn is an anti-semite.
But when it comes to actual anti-semitism under his own watch, where was Corbyn?
He didn't have the moral backbone to confront it
In his mind, Israel and Jews aren't worthy of the same consideration as those in need of his help in his quixotic quest for social justice.
The investigation found evidence of 23 instances of "inappropriate involvement" by Mr Corbyn's office out of the 70 files it looked at.
to root out anti-semitism in his own organisation - which magically seemed to surge when he was leader.
That's a bit harsh on the greatest (and only!) Labour PM in recent history.Blairs actions in the Middle East were of global significance and a disaster which will last generations, personally I think he acted out of naivety and a desire to leave his mark on the world, despite all the briefings and intelligence available to him, his understanding of the situation was less than many a schoolchild.
I think he has a tin ear when it comes the issue
especially when you consider that his position and rhetoric on Israel is one that attracts the support of anti-semites to the Labour Party and into its membership.
our investigation found significant failings in the way the Labour Party has handled antisemitism complaints over the last four years...
Hundreds of members expelled specifically for anti-semitism,
I find this hard to understand. There is summary above of his duration as leader that clearly shows that he was acutely aware of the issue from early on in his leadership. There is no doubt that criticism of Israeli policy and the Israeli State is often conflated with anti-semitism.
But in Corbyns case, he is quite explicit in distinguishing between the two. I'm not aware of his 'rhetoric' that could be construed as attracting anti-semites into the party.
I am not aware of these expulsions. Do you have a link? My understanding is that there was less than 50 expulsions/suspensions.
it's patently obvious his rhetoric attracts a certain audience.
racist comments.
The Sunday Times reported to have uncovered more than 2,000 messages in the groups, which numbered 400,000 members, including anti-Semitism and mysogyny, as well as threats of violence and Holocaust denial.
with around 350 members resigning, being expelled or receiving formal warnings, equating to around 0.08% of the membership.
The crux of the whole affair was the Labour Partys continued failure to address complaints of antisemitism in an efficient and effective way. This gave way to the (false) impression that Corbyn was tolerant of or turned a blind-eye to anti-semitism. As can been seen earlier, in no way could it be plausibly construed that he had a 'blindspot' or would tolerate antisemitism considering he has spent his political life fighting against all forms of discrimination.
The Labour Party machinery of staff in the office of Leader of the Opposition in Westminster and the National Executive Committee were incompetent, inconsistent and effectively incapable of dealing with the issue. As Corbyn was leader, ultimately the axe would fall on him. But anti-semitism in the Labour Party is not a phenomenon derived from Corbyns leadership or 'rhetoric'. The scale of the issue, albeit not to be tolerated in any way, is actually very small as the current deputy leader Angela Rayner agrees.
In turn, Corbyns claim that the issue was dramatically overstated for political reasons is absolutely correct.
The Labour Party has a problem with anti-semitism.
People reading this thread can make up their minds who is serious about zero tolerance for anti-semitism in the Labour party.
March 2018
- Corbyn apologises for hurt and pain caused to Jewish community.
The bigger issue here is the battle within Labour
I don't know if he is anti-semitic but his blanket dislike of Israel is so strong that it's hard to see where the line is.
He certainly thought that he, and his brand of 1950's socialism, was more important that the rules within the party.
I think that's a rather one-eyed view of what happened.Yes, so much so that some of them were absolutely prepared to drag the name and reputation of the Labour Party through the mud and subject it to vile accusations of widespread and institutionalised anti-semitism (rather than the small number of members) in order to restore their primacy at the helm, albeit rejected by their own members.
His criticism of Israel is as one with the more fundamentalist Islamic States. There is no nuance, no balance, just a rejection which is no more mature or rational than a first year in a 1960's student's union debate.And its this conflation of genuine criticism of Israeli policy towards Palestine with anti-semitism that is being weaponised.
Critics of Corbyn will point to his reluctance to criticise Iran and Hamas in equal measure. This is genuine criticism.
nobody here is saying that BoJo isn't a bigot or racist.
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