Quote Originally Posted by Dorcus View Post
I can't remember any published "anti-Semitic' remarks by Labour members being anything more than criticisms of Zionist hegemony over the Palestinian people. From the reported examples I would comment that some made the remarks more crudely than others did. However, nothing on the published examples struck me as being offensive to Jewish people. To me, it was nowhere near as offensive as calling Welsh people "sheepshaggers", an epithet which is like water off a duck's back to me.

If I could meet up with Keir Starmer I would tell him that his comments are both unfair and unwise. His action in dismissing Jeremy Corbyn from the Labour party was cruel and high handed.

I can understand why he chose to do it, he wants to make Labour electable again and I concur entirely with this aim but not at the expense of people who have deep seated and compassionate views on the tyranny imposed on a group of people to whom the West has largely turned its back because they don't have the influence within the circles of power.

However, Keir Starmer is our only bet at the moment to oust this wretched Brexit cult which passes for our government so apart from this issue he gets my support.
I think the only calculated act here was Corbyn's. If you accept Rawnseley's explanation of events then after his flirtation with power then Jeremy is back where he is most comfortable. The question is more what damage is he prepared to unleash to achieve the martyr status he seems to relish.

https://www.theguardian.com/commenti...mitism-scandal

It also includes Starmer's actual quote just in case LoM wants to go wild with bold and font changes again!

“If, after all the pain, all the grief, and all the evidence in this report, there are still those who think there’s no problem with antisemitism in the Labour party, that it’s all exaggerated, or a factional attack, then, frankly, you are part of the problem too and you should be nowhere near the Labour party either.”