Anti Semitism Tearing Labour Apart.....

[ToraToraTora]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-43549831
Even St Tony has recognized the problem? Is agent COB too deeply tied up with Hamas and co to be able to effectively deal with this issue?

[ludwig]

It's not really anything to do with Hamas or modern day Israeli politics. Anyone could reasonably take issue with that.

Labour's anti-semitism is rooted in their belief and hatred of the ruling cabal of bankers, industrialists, and media types that want to keep the salt of the earth working masses enslaved - this cabal being composed mostly of jews of course.

A belief typified by that mural. Just good old anti-semitism that dates back at least to Shakespearian times.

[Old_Geezer]

If there is a hatred of bankers, industrialists, etc. as described then that isn't anti-semitism. That Jewish individuals are involved would be just a fact. I accept I've not investigated deeply regarding this issue but all accusations seem to have little to convince. It still seems like folk determined to find what they wish to find, regardless, to me.

[ludwig]

//That Jewish individuals are involved would be just a fact.//

Well, yes. That's what the racists in the Labour party need to understand perhaps.

[youngmafbog]

Ever since Comrade Corbyn has risen to power anti-semitism has become open in the labour party.

Every time a fresh expression of anti-Jewish sentiment by a Labour activist is exposed, Corbyn wriggles and distracts. The lame old excuse about being anti-Zionist and opposed to the policies of the government of Israel, not anti-Jewish, simply won’t wash any more it is simply a cover to hide the hatred.

Whilst it is true that ther eis the class hatred of bankers etc what seems to be overlooked is the fact many labour voting Jews also dislike this and indeed do not back the Israeli Government but the big difference is that, unlike Comrade Corbyn, they don’t back Hamas and Hezbollah who are dedicated to wiping Israel off the face of the earth.

This is so deeply rooted into the current Labour top ranks that I dont think it will get sorted, it will indeed rip the Party apart.

[scooping]

Corbyn will, sooner or later, self-destruct. This is another nail in his coffin.

[ludwig]

// Corbyn will, sooner or later, self-destruct //

Labour always self-destructs. There are too many angry twits in it, and they inevitably start fighting among themselves. Shame really.

[gulliver1]

Another Boring Post Part 4.....

[jackthehat]

This is the British Labour Party....of course they are tearing themselves to pieces. If it wasn't this, it would be some other issue.

I think the issue of the mural has actually been blown up out of all proportion and is a bit of a wet-lettuce with which to thrash the anti-Semites in the Labour party.

There are other more serious displays which need addressing....

[Ellipsis]

Corbyn is anti-semitic and TTT is anti-semantic ...

[TheChair]

Research shows that across all voters, anti semitism is around 3-4%.
It's much higher in extreme right-wing voters.
Among the major political parties, it is highest in UKIP, then the Conservative party, followed by Labour, and finally, lowest in the Lib-Dems.

[dannyk13]

//Research shows//
Can you provide a link or any other proof of this?

[ludwig]

// I think the issue of the mural has actually been blown up out of all proportion //

There's an element of media witch hunting about it, but what goes around comes around. Corbyn, Livingstone and their ilk are never shy of shouting 'racist' when it suits them as a lazy way of shutting down an argument, so I don't mind seeing them hoist by their own petard.

[Kromovaracun]

http://www.jewishvoiceforlabour.org.uk/jvl/a-jvl-statement-on-the-current-attacks-on-jeremy-corbyn/

[ToraToraTora]

thechair, what research? it hardly arises in the other parties.

[Kromovaracun]

//Even St Tony has recognized the problem?//

Blair, and just about all of the MPs who are involved in this, have been opponents of Corbyn from the very beginning and have been tirelessly trying to oust him ever since he became leader. They're intelligent professional politicians using this as a weapon against an opponent.

The only examples I have seen of jew-hating in Labour/Momentum (the leader of which, by the way, is Jewish) have been tweets - i.e. of unverifiable provenance, and realistically beyond the remit of the leadership's control. Likewise, all the articles I can find claiming to be authorities on Labour anti-semitism (such as the one linked below) speak in innuendo and lack specificity, or confuse anti-Zionism with jew-hating.

Are there any really concrete examples of this which have come to light?

http://www.politics.co.uk/comment-analysis/2018/03/26/i-ve-spent-three-years-documented-anti-semitism-in-labour-an

[Spicerack]

Should Baroness Shami hand her ermine back?