Tony L
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Just to add, nobody has made any anti-semitic comment in this thread, that some people appear to think there has been only goes to show it is likely impossible for Labour to sort.
I’ve deleted one so far, a frothy rant from a usual suspect about Palestine, the ‘Jewish government’ (the direct equivalent to attacking say a “black government” in SA). FWIW I’ve always believed most of Labour’s anti-Semitism issue is one of communication. Too many people who lack the intellect or articulation to differentiate between a race and an elected government in a nation state, let alone one surrounded by extremist religious dictatorships and monarchies intent on its destruction. The party did far too little to address this, which as much as ever is a matter of education/messaging. I would in no way defend a lot of Israel’s actions, but neither would I ever have to even remotely breach IHRA guidelines in order to criticise them.
There is obviously a huge double standard here as Labour, allegedly being a left of centre progressive party (though I see little evidence of that in reality) simply can not tolerate racism, or criticism thereof, but the Tories can. FWIW I view the Tory Party, like its US Republican equivalent, as being institutionally racist. Just no other way of looking at it. Both parties’ wealth and power can be directly tracked back to human trafficking/slavery, imperialism, violence etc, much of that money and the assets stolen is still pushing an elite through Eton, Oxbridge and straight onto the benches of the HoC where the same mindset can be seen today with ‘Go Home’ vans, the Windrush deportation, Clandestine Channel Commanders, putting refugees in container park concentration camps etc etc. The sickening thing is they even sell this divisive nationalism and exceptionalism as election rhetoric and people actually buy it.
tldr; Labour are screwed.