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‘What me, an Islamophobe?’ Stephen Fry replies to critics

Under the headline “Stephen Fry hits back at accusations of Islamophobia”, the Independent on Sunday reported yesterday on the controversy over Stephen…
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Posted on: 29th December 2023 Last updated on: 29th December 2023 Written by: bobpitt

Labour MP was intimidated with antisemitic graffiti, police claim

On 22 November, in a subsequently deleted tweet, Labour MP Feryal Clark denounced the spraying of graffiti on the shutters of her…
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Posted on: 20th December 2023 Last updated on: 26th December 2023 Written by: bobpitt

Pam Bromley and the Rothschilds

Over the years I’ve had a few online spats with a former Labour councillor from Rossendale, one Pam Bromley. The…
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Posted on: 11th May 2023 Last updated on: 1st April 2024 Written by: bobpitt

Antisemitism and the Brick Lane mural: A retrospective assessment

It’s ten years since the creation, and rapid obliteration, of a now infamous mural off Brick Lane in East London.…
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Posted on: 10th October 2022 Last updated on: 11th May 2024 Written by: bobpitt

Cable Street, the Left and antisemitism

The Jewish Labour Movement’s trade union officer Miriam Mirwitch published a blog post on the Jewish News site last week,…
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Posted on: 15th July 2021 Last updated on: 8th August 2023 Written by: bobpitt

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…
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Posted on: 24th May 2021 Last updated on: 5th August 2021 Written by: bobpitt

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…
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Posted on: 19th April 2021 Last updated on: 19th April 2021 Written by: bobpitt

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…
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Posted on: 19th April 2021 Last updated on: 7th May 2023 Written by: bobpitt

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…
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Posted on: 3rd April 2021 Last updated on: 19th April 2021 Written by: bobpitt

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…
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Posted on: 30th March 2021 Last updated on: 19th April 2021 Written by: bobpitt
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