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… Continue reading “New wave of disciplinary action against Labour members: A rightwing campaign to purge the left”…
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… Continue reading “Alexei Sayle, antisemitism and free speech”…
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… Continue reading “How not to improve the Labour Party’s relationship with the Jewish community”…
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… Continue reading “Brighton Labour councillors targeted in antisemitism witch-hunt”…
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… Continue reading “George Galloway and Israel flags”…
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,… Continue reading “How do you solve a problem like 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… Continue reading “The disgraceful expulsion of Moshé Machover from the Labour Party”…
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… Continue reading “The Canary and conspiracies (pt 2) — the case of Keir’s campaign funding”…
‘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… Continue reading “‘George just means Jew. Vile Jew’ — How David Baddiel smeared George Galloway”…
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… Continue reading “Labour and the ‘Jewish vote’ in Barnet”…