Cable Street, the Left and antisemitism
The Jewish Labour Movement’s trade union officer Miriam Mirwitz published a blog post on the Jewish News site last week,…
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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…
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…
‘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…
Is Tom Watson paid by wealthy Zionists to ‘represent a foreign power’?
This meme attacking Tom Watson has been doing the rounds on social media lately. Frankly, it is depressing that anyone…
What is an antisemitic conspiracy theory? A reply to David Rosenberg
Following Rebecca Long-Bailey’s sacking as shadow education secretary for sharing an interview with actor Maxine Peake, David Rosenberg responded with…