Labour and the accusations of anti-semitism

[Helen Wiggy]

This is what I want to know. Labour has always had strong anti-racist credentials and has not made exceptions for any group of people. Of course, there has always been a strong pro-Palestinian wing of the party but it would be wrong to conflate this with anti-semtism. The left, including the Labour Party, has always had a strong Jewish contingency and the party elected a Jew as leader only several years ago, so it's hardly institutionally anti-semitic.

It's ironic that the Independent Group, who have tried to focus on Labour's anti-semitism, manage to make a racist gaffe on their first day of launching.

[Wales-Bales]

This is what I want to know. Labour has always had strong anti-racist credentials and has not made exceptions for any group of people. Of course, there has always been a strong pro-Palestinian wing of the party but it would be wrong to conflate this with anti-semtism. The left, including the Labour Party, has always had a strong Jewish contingency and the party elected a Jew as leader only several years ago, so it's hardly institutionally anti-semitic.

It's ironic that the Independent Group, who have tried to focus on Labour's anti-semitism, manage to make a racist gaffe on their first day of launching.

I explained it in the post above. There is an organised campaign to smear Corbyn, as he is not part of the establishment. This has all been evident since day one. He's like a left-wing version of the far-right racist and nazi sympathiser Donald Trump.