Rebecca Long-Bailey didn't make a mistake, for which she should have been allowed to apologize. This is her politics. She was a key part of the Corbyn leadership. She was Corbyn's candidate for leader....

... Corbyn, for decades, embraced antisemitic politics. He thought that Israel was a key and symbolic evil on the planet. He was quite unable to deal with the antisemitism problem because it was integral to who he is politically....

RLB jumped to Corbyn's defence every week.
RLB didn't understand the antisemitism she excused.
RLB meekly listened to Pete Wilsman weave antisemitic conspiracy fantasy at the NEC.
RLB listened to an antisemite making a conspiracy speech at one of her hustings and said nothing...

...RLB was in the Labour leadership which gave us Boris Johnson and Brexit - partly because people didn't like its antisemitism.
RLB retweets an article with a specifically toxic antisemitic conspiracy fantasy in it.
RLB does not get the benefit of the doubt....

Supporters of democratic politics do not seek unity with supporters of anti-democratic politics. Antisemitism is an indicator of anti-democratic politics.

Supporters of democratic politics seek to defeat and marginalise supporters of antisemitic conspiracy fantasy.