Labour - Dropping Like Flies

Labour election candidates seem to be dropping like flies over accusations of glaring antisemitism, especially on social media.

Dan Hodges makes the very fair point that these individuals are supposed to be the cream of the crop, yet they seem to have easily cleared vetting procedures put in place by Labour HQ.

One thing needs to be pointed out. We've seen this sort of stuff before in local elections, when there are tens of thousands of candidates standing, and a few nutters are to be expected. But these are candidates for parliament. They're supposed to the cream of the Labour Party.

— (((Dan Hodges))) (@DPJHodges) November 8, 2019

   

Jeremy the Jellyfish (07/11/19)

Jeremy Corbyn might just as well have said - 'there's not an antisemitic bone in his body'!

Jeremy Corbyn on Chris Williamson - January 2019

“Chris Williamson is a very good, very effective Labour MP. He’s a very strong anti-racist campaigner. He is not anti-Semitic in any way.”

Chris Williamson - November 2019

As I made clear to the NEC in April, this witch hunt primarily serves the objectives of the far-right activists - including members of the Britain First and Jewish Defence League - who led the campaign for the Labour Party to adopt the IHRA definition of antisemitism and its examples.

Daniel Finkelstein

✔@Dannythefink

This letter is astonishing. https://twitter.com/DerbyChrisW/status/1192192053612077065 …

Chris Williamson #GTTO

✔@DerbyChrisW

After almost 44 years of loyal service and commitment, it's with a heavy heart that I'm resigning from the Labour Party.

I'll be standing as an independent candidate for Derby North to fight for social justice, internationalism and socialist values.

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23:59 - 6 Nov 2019

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Labour - Bullying and Intimidation (21/02/19)

Labour's deputy leader Tom Watson tries to rise to the occasion with this measured response to the news that some Labour MPs are so disillusioned with Jeremy Corbyn's leadership that they have decided to resign.

"I love this party. But sometimes I no longer recognise it." 

Damning words from a politician who is a least prepared to face up to the scale of the problem facing Labour whose leader has allowed a young woman Jewish MP to be hounded out of the party after a vile a campaign of bullying and intimidation.

If Labour can't stand up against this kind of behaviour, I think it's fair to ask - what exactly does the party stand for?

   

Taking a Stand (19/02/19)

Liverpool MP Luciana Berger gives her reasons for concluding that under Jeremy Corbyn the Labour has become institutionally anti-Semitic. 

Corbyn and his allies have only harsh words for Luciana Berger and her colleagues, but the truth is that the Labour leader is responsible for creating the political conditions which left 7 of his MPs to conclude they had no option but to resign.