New wave of disciplinary action against Labour members: A rightwing campaign to purge the left
A fortnight ago I finally got a letter from the Complaints Team in the Labour Party’s Governance and Legal Unit…
Category: Antisemitism
Alexei Sayle, antisemitism and free speech
A campaign was launched last week demanding that the BBC cancel the forthcoming episode of Desert Island Discs featuring pro-Palestinian…
How not to improve the Labour Party’s relationship with the Jewish community
The Jewish News has reported that “Hampstead and Kilburn Labour MP Tulip Siddiq will push for a new ‘truly independent’ review of the Labour…
Brighton Labour councillors targeted in antisemitism witch-hunt
The hysteria over antisemitism in the Labour Party shows no sign of abating. There has been a renewed outbreak in…
George Galloway and Israel flags
The sacking of George Galloway from his talkRADIO show, for tweeting that there would be “No #Israël flags on the…
How do you solve a problem like Mike Sivier?
Last month the Labour Party’s National Constitutional Committee finally got round to dealing with the disciplinary charges against Mike Sivier,…
The disgraceful expulsion of Moshé Machover from the Labour Party
The veteran Jewish socialist Moshé Machover has been expelled from the Labour Party. This week he received a letter from…
The Canary and conspiracies (pt 2) — the case of Keir’s campaign funding
Back in 2017 I wrote a piece titled “The Canary and conspiracies — the case of the Khan Sheikhoun chemical…
‘George just means Jew. Vile Jew’ — How David Baddiel smeared George Galloway
George Galloway provoked a Twitterstorm last week with an intemperate and rather ill-judged attack on David Baddiel, in which he…
Labour and the ‘Jewish vote’ in Barnet
It was always a bit of a long shot that the Labour Party might be able to take the London…