Anti-Semitism within the British Labour Party?

[ProBonoShill]

This is a little disturbing considering the recent murders in Pittsburgh.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/u-k-labour-party-anti-semitism-hate-crimes-investigation-1.4888813

British police have launched a criminal investigation into allegations of anti-Semitic hate crimes within the opposition Labour Party.

The Metropolitan Police said Friday that it is acting on a dossier of information given to London police chief Cressida Dick. A police spokesperson says it was handed to her following an interview on LBC Radio.

LBC had in its possession an internal Labour Party dossier that detailed 45 cases that involved social media postings by party members, including one posting that read: "We shall rid the Jews who are a cancer on us all."

 

[CaptainHowdy]

This is a little disturbing considering the recent murders in Pittsburgh.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/u-k-labour-party-anti-semitism-hate-crimes-investigation-1.4888813

Saying mean things about Jews on social media is an anti-semitic hate crime?

 

[Vixen]

LBC had in its possession an internal Labour Party dossier that detailed 45 cases that involved social media postings by party members, including one posting that read: "We shall rid the Jews who are a cancer on us all."

I wouldn't be surprised if the latter was a right-wing troll.

 

[baron]

This has been going on ever since Corbyn got his far left claws into the Labour party and infected it with his brand of Marxism. The last time it was reported at length in the media Corbyn made immediate amends... by attending a dinner with a group who referred to Israel as "a steaming pile of sewage which needs to be disposed of."

That said, stupid Facebook posts are not a matter for the police. If people don't like them then they shouldn't read them. The police apparently have few resources to tackle burglar, mugging and shoplifting but as soon as someone posts something nasty of Facebook they are on it.

 

[Vixen]

Whilst I am pro-Israel, I don't perceive pro-Palestinians to be anti-Semitic. I can understand the pro-Palestine argument, and feel sorry for the Palestinians trapped in the Gaza strip and having to be resettled. Plus Bedouins are no longer allowed to roam, which was their culture. I suspect that some Zionists see opposition to an Israeli state as 'anti-Semitic', and this is what rankles them.

 

[Brainster]

Some more evidence:

A local Labour Party branch has refused to pass a motion condemning the antisemitic attack on a synagogue in Pittsburgh that left 11 people dead, according to a party activist.

Steve Cooke, the secretary of Norton West branch in the Stockton North constituency, said he was “aghast” that the motion was voted down after members claimed there was too much focus on “antisemitism this, antisemitism that”.

 

[baron]

Some more evidence:

No surprise there. Political morality is a circle and at the bottom the Nazi right and the far left join up. Unfortunately the Labour party retains its name despite having become polluted by far left filth, and I can understand why associating 'Labour' with this type of behaviour does cause some people shock and amazement.

 

[dudalb]

I am a critical of many current policies of the Israeli Government, but feel that "Anti Zionism" on the far left often goes over the line into "Anti Semitism".

Problem with the Anti Zionist who want basically to end Israel is I have never gotten a good answer from them about what will happen with the Five mIllion Jews currently in Israel.
Ritual chants of "Secular Palestinian State" don't cut it. THat has about as much chance of happening as snowball lasting in hell for more then a minute.

 

[Information Analyst]

This has been going on ever since Corbyn got his far left claws into the Labour party and infected it with his brand of Marxism. The last time it was reported at length in the media Corbyn made immediate amends... by attending a dinner with a Jewish group who referred to Israel as "a steaming pile of sewage which needs to be disposed of."

FTFY.

 

[CaptainHowdy]

I am a critical of many current policies of the Israeli Government, but feel that "Anti Zionism" on the far left often goes over the line into "Anti Semitism".

Problem with the Anti Zionist who want basically to end Israel is I have never gotten a good answer from them about what will happen with the Five mIllion Jews currently in Israel.
Ritual chants of "Secular Palestinian State" don't cut it. THat has about as much chance of happening as snowball lasting in hell for more then a minute.

Why would anything change? There are already Palestinians living in Israel. Life would just go on.

 

[baron]

FTFY.

I heard the BNP allowed a non-white member to join. That means they're not racist... right?

 

[Squeegee Beckenheim]

https://twitter.com/PippaCrerar/status/1276155132657504257

BREAKING: Keir Starmer sacks Rebecca Long-Bailey.

He said zero tolerance for anti-Semitism. He meant it.

Statement embedded in tweet.

Here's what it's over: https://twitter.com/RLong_Bailey/status/1276078311215677440

Maxine Peake is an absolute diamond

Article embedded in tweet.

https://twitter.com/RLong_Bailey/status/1276112455891070978

I retweeted Maxine Peake’s article because of her significant achievements and because the thrust of her argument is to stay in the Labour Party. It wasn’t intended to be an endorsement of all aspects of the article.

https://twitter.com/PippaCrerar/status/1276157923039870980

This was the offending paragraph in Maxine Peak article: “Systemic racism is a global issue. The tactics used by the police in America, kneeling on George Floyd’s neck, that was learnt from seminars with Israeli secret services.”

 

[Matthew Best]

She's being sacked for saying Maxine Peake is an absolute diamond? That seems a bit harsh, to say the least.

 

[Jack by the hedge]

Starmer had to back her or sack her.

An easy enough choice since the back her option is basically to argue that no, once again, this particular case just like all the others is merely another in this very long series of things which are not-actually-antisemitism-in-the-Labour-party and only appear to reflect a culture of antisemitism because of their juxtaposition in a most unfortunate long-running series of coincidences. It's just coincidence after coincidence around here.

 

[Squeegee Beckenheim]

She's being sacked for saying Maxine Peake is an absolute diamond? That seems a bit harsh, to say the least.

He said that he was going to have a zero-tolerance policy for anti-Semitism, and he's said that it's very important to rebuild trust with the Jewish community. Not dealing swiftly and thoroughly with a high-level MP who tweeted an article which contains an anti-Semetic conspiracy theory would make him a liar on both.

 

[Squeegee Beckenheim]

This thread is about the conspiracy theory in question.

 

[Carrot Flower King]

She's being sacked for saying Maxine Peake is an absolute diamond? That seems a bit harsh, to say the least.

Noooooo...

Peake's interview also contained a couple of statements slagging off long-term Labour voters like me - saying that she thought not voting Labour 'cos of Corbyn was as good as voting Tory.

I didn't vote Labour 'cos of Corbyn, 'cos I remember him of old and he's always been an incompetent wazzock (Piers was the clever brother...) with dubious friends. Also, where I live and vote there is no realistic chance of Labour getting in, so LD is the only chance of evicting our Tory.

So, RLB could also been seen as condoning alienating Labour voters, which isn't a good look either.

 

[Lplus]

Noooooo...

Peake's interview also contained a couple of statements slagging off long-term Labour voters like me - saying that she thought not voting Labour 'cos of Corbyn was as good as voting Tory.

I didn't vote Labour 'cos of Corbyn, 'cos I remember him of old and he's always been an incompetent wazzock (Piers was the clever brother...) with dubious friends. Also, where I live and vote there is no realistic chance of Labour getting in, so LD is the only chance of evicting our Tory.

So, RLB could also been seen as condoning alienating Labour voters, which isn't a good look either.

The clever brother?

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct...twgr%5Etweet&usg=AOvVaw2q0lG9o9xpCvGYsySWhybp

 

[Garrison]

I doubt Keir Starmer will be sad to see her go and she deserved it if for no other reason than completely failing to read the article she retweeted. That's the kind of sloppiness Labour doesn't need.

 

[Giz]

I doubt Keir Starmer will be sad to see her go and she deserved it if for no other reason than completely failing to read the article she retweeted. That's the kind of sloppiness Labour doesn't need.

I doubt she hadn’t read it. Most likely it was the anti Semitic part that she liked and made her retweet it.