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1/22 The @socialistcam think that while the recommendations of the @EHRC report into @UKLabour antisemitism should be implemented, it was wrong to withdraw the whip from @jeremycorbyn despite his rejecting findings of the report.
A thread on those SCG members.
A thread on those SCG members.
@HackneyAbbott Claimed, on national TV, that claims of antisemitism in Labour were a 'smear'. She later attended a Zoom meeting that included numerous former members of @UKLabour suspended for antisemitism.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/diane-abbott-labour-antisemitism-problem-smears-ken-livingstone-len-mccluskey-a7008746.html https://www.politicshome.com/news/article/keir-starmer-urged-to-take-stronger-action-against-diane-abbott-over-meeting-with-labour-members-expelled-over-antisemitism
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/diane-abbott-labour-antisemitism-problem-smears-ken-livingstone-len-mccluskey-a7008746.html https://www.politicshome.com/news/article/keir-starmer-urged-to-take-stronger-action-against-diane-abbott-over-meeting-with-labour-members-expelled-over-antisemitism
During a hustings debate @TahirAliMP claimed that Lehman Brothers were using the Daily Telegraph to attack Labour over antisemitism, while ignoring racism in the Conservative Party. Lehman Brothers do not own the Telegraph (the Barclays Brothers do). https://antisemitism.org/politics/labour/tahir-ali/
@ApsanaBegumMP shared this facebook post claiming that the ruling House of Saud of Saudi Arabia were crossing the red line, inspired by their zionist masters!'
@_OliviaBlake hired Sam Browse as her parliamentary assistant, despite his fervent support for Chris Williamson.Browse criticised the party's adoption of the IHRA, called Williamson a 'hero', and said those who supported his suspension (he was later expelled) should 'fuck off'.
Christine Blower, former General Secretary of the TUC, wrote the forward to a book used in British schools that was criticised as dangerous propaganda in its description of the Israel-Palestine conflict that used the term 'Jews' over 'Israelis'. https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/595791/Anti-Israel-propaganda-teaching-union-British-schools
@RichardBurgon was caught on video stating that 'Zionism is the enemy of Peace', which he later denied when asked about this on national TV. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-47952275
It is alleged that @DanCardenMP sang 'Hey Jews' to the tune of 'Hey Jude' while on a coach journey, at the height of Labour's antisemitism scandal. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-50360863
Katy Clark is Jeremy Corbyn's former political secretary. Prior to his suspension for bringing the party into disrepute, Mr Corbyn had a career saturated with antisemitism. https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1245289597044699136.html
@IanLaveryMP used the rather circular logic, when addressing a PLP meeting, that Labour could not be an 'institutionally antisemitic party', because he would not be in a racist party. The Party has since found to have illegally discriminated against Jews. https://order-order.com/2019/02/19/ian-laverys-racism-blind-spot/
@labourlewis attended a Labour Against the Witch Hunt event with Naz Shah, and Chris Williamson held to protest the expulsion from the party for antisemitism such members as Jackie Walker and Marc Wadsworth. https://www.thejc.com/news/uk/naz-shah-clive-lewis-labour-mps-attended-event-organised-by-activists-facing-antisemitism-claims-1.459187
@RLong_Bailey was sacked from the front bench after enthusiastically sharing an interview with the actor Maxine Peake which featured an antisemitic conspiracy theory. https://labourlist.org/2020/06/rebecca-long-bailey-criticised-for-sharing-maxine-peake-interview/
@johnmcdonnellMP campaigned (with Jeremy Corbyn) to have the word 'Holocaust' removed from Holocaust Remembrance Day. McDonnell is the president of the Labour Representation Committee which includes Jackie Walker as an officer. https://antisemitism.org/john-mcdonnell-says-its-ridiculous-to-think-he-shared-a-platform-with-expelled-antisemite-jackie-walker-even-though-he-is-president-of-the-lrc-where-she-is/
@grahamemorris was forced to issue an apology when he shared a video which he wrongly claimed showed Israeli soldiers beating up Palestinian children. The video in fact showed Guatemalan soldiers. https://www.politicshome.com/news/article/fresh-antisemitism-row-as-labour-mp-wrongly-claims-video-shows-israeli-army-attacking-children
@KateOsamor employed as an aide a Labour activist who was found to be sharing Holocaust denial videos on social media. https://www.thejc.com/news/uk/embattled-labour-mp-is-still-employing-aide-who-was-suspended-over-antisemitism-1.472024
@KateOsborneMP also praised the interview with Maxine Peake in which the actor espoused an antisemitic conspiracy theory (although unlike Rebecca Long-Bailey, Osborne deleted her tweet).
@BellRibeiroAddy was (alongside Diane Abbott) chastised by Labour Leader Keir Starmer for attending a Zoom meeting with former Labour members expelled for antisemitism. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8276125/Diane-Abbott-Bell-Ribeiro-Addy-disciplined-Sir-Keir-Starmer-Zoom-call-anti-semitism.html
@lloyd_rm shared an unredacted copy of Labour's leaked internal report into antisemitism - the names of complainants were found to be put up on neo-Nazi websites. https://www.thejc.com/news/uk/new-labour-shadow-minister-condemned-for-sharing-unredacted-version-of-antisemitism-report-1.498995
@lloyd_rm attended the launch of an antisemitic book spreading conspiracies about the 'Israeli Lobby'. He was also reported to have endorsed a Labour activist claiming Israeli responsibility for chemical attacks conducted by the Assad regime in Syria. https://antisemitism.org/diane-abbott-and-lloyd-russell-moyle-gave-parliamentary-launch-to-report-by-conspiracy-theorist-david-miller-whose-website-claims-caa-is-part-of-israel-lobby/
It is alleged that @zarahsultana accused Jewish students of being 'privileged', and accused some of being in the pay of Israel; endorsed Palestinian 'violent resistance' against Israelis; and accused the Labour Right of 'weaponising' antisemitism. https://antisemitism.org/controversial-new-labour-mp-zarah-sultana-embroiled-in-yet-another-scandal-about-jews/
Suspended MP @ClaudiaWebbe defended Ken Livingstone after he compared a Jewish reporter to a Nazi concentration camp guard. Webbe headed the Party disputes panel at the height of the antisemitism scandal. https://www.thejc.com/news/uk/claudia-webbe-defends-appointment-disputes-panel-1.466564
There is no reason whatsoever why anyone should be at all interested in what these people think about Labour and antisemitism, when they presided over - and contributed to - the Party's institutional racism. Indeed, they should be nowhere near a reputable political party.
