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David Baddiel is getting lots of coverage and feedback on his book which again focuses on so called 'left wing' antisemitism.

I will start by saying that I have seen antisemitic comments made by Labour members and some genuine cases.

However, I have huge concerns.
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Let's look in detail at this article written in April 2019 in the @Guardian - and I will explain the concerns.

The areas highlighted guide you to believe this was all Labour - IT WASN'T.

It also occurred before 2015! Detail follows...

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/apr/02/gary-lineker-luciana-berger-trolls-trolled-social-media-abuse
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So as you see the writer of this rather deceitful piece starts with

"THAT CHANGED IN SEPTEMBER 2015" 🙄

This was done to point the timeframe as Corbyn's leadership. Yet the article goes on to describe things that are not even related to Labour, which occurred in 2014.
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So... What in fact the @Guardian writer is discussing here is this case - where a group of Neo-Nazi's spent months inflicting abuse on Jewish MP Luciana Berger

All the detail is in the Court Notes when Bonehill-Paine was sentenced by the judge.

https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/spencer-j-sentencing-remarks-bonehill-paine-as-delivered-08-12-16.pdf
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The Justice sentencing remarks to Neo-Nazi explain the previous cases too. See the date 2014.

Yet the Guardian writer refers to this NON LABOUR case to effectively make her article a lie.

"Star of David" - this was Garron Helm another neo-Nazi..
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Again the Court Notes from Joshua Bonehill-Paine's sentencing show this detail - referencing October 27th 2014.

The horrible antisemitism of "Body of a Rat" was described by the judge.

Do people not think it was vile to use this to lie and attack Labour?
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Further notes from the Judge whilst sentencing this vile antisemitic right wing neo-Nazi.

See the comment the "Operation F* J* B*"

But the Guardian writer more than implies that this was Labour members "my own party". Isn't this slander?
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