Originally Posted by
jon1959
Barely a fact in sight. Plenty of rabid poison, distortion, invention and hysterical waffle, though.
Starmer wasn't silent about the 'Labour antisemitism crisis', although why having a Jewish wife and kids is relevant to anything is beyond me. He clearly called out the genuine examples of antisemitism that were uncovered (although Labour is less infected than the Tories). Those people - where they turned out to be Labour members - should rightly be thrown out.
But just maybe he didn't want to jump on the campaign to cynically misuse the allegations to attack Corbyn, and maybe he was uncomfortable with the suspensions and expulsions of anti-racist, anti-Zionist members (very often Jewish) who were targeted for their support of Palestinians and opposition to Israeli abuses and crimes. They accounted for at least a large minority of the cases.
I hope that is true, but his actions (and those of Long-Bailey and Nandy) since he announced he was standing - endorsing the BOD demands etc - suggests not.