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"This morning, at the launch of the Chakrabarti Inquiry into antisemitism, I was verbally attacked by a Momentum activist and Jeremy Corbyn supporter who used traditional antisemitic slurs to attack me for being part of a 'media conspiracy'. It is beyond belief that someone could come to the launch of a report on antisemitism in the Labour Party and espouse such vile conspiracy theories about Jewish people, which were ironically highlighted as such in Ms Chakrabarti's report, while the leader of my own party stood by and did absolutely nothing."

"People like this have no place in our party or our movement and must be opposed. Until today I had made no public comment about Jeremy’s ability to lead our party, but the fact that he failed to intervene is final proof for me that he is unfit to lead, and that a Labour Party under his stewardship cannot be a safe space for British Jews.  I have written to the General Secretary of the Labour Party and the Chair of the Parliamentary Labour Party to formally complain about this morning’s events."

"No-one from the Leader’s office has contacted me since the event, which is itself a catastrophic failure of leadership. I call on Jeremy Corbyn to resign immediately and make way for someone with the backbone to confront racism and antisemitism in our party and in the country."
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Re: Smeeth Call for Corbyn to resign for not standing up to racists
« Reply #1 on: June 30, 2016, 04:29:27 PM »
I think they are all a bit busy at the moment.
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Re: Smeeth Call for Corbyn to resign for not standing up to racists
« Reply #2 on: June 30, 2016, 04:42:54 PM »
That they are jeremy.  I wonder what was actually said would like to hear that first before becoming irate, at the same time whoever said it isn't named, only described as a "Momentum activist". 

Not enough information.
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Re: Smeeth Call for Corbyn to resign for not standing up to racists
« Reply #3 on: June 30, 2016, 04:47:03 PM »
Slightly confused by the quotation marks, who is being quoted?
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Re: Smeeth Call for Corbyn to resign for not standing up to racists
« Reply #4 on: June 30, 2016, 05:14:35 PM »
The quotation is from Labour MP Ruth Smeeth. Who is Jewish and was a good friend of Jo Cox who was shot last week.
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Re: Smeeth Call for Corbyn to resign for not standing up to racists
« Reply #6 on: June 30, 2016, 06:28:04 PM »
Seems quite a balanced report NS.  Thanks.

Melanie Phillips is on the Question Time panel tonight and may mention this topic.  Hope so.  On the other hand, if it is hyperbole and a storm in a teacup, is it worth mentioning?  I really don't know.
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Re: Smeeth Call for Corbyn to resign for not standing up to racists
« Reply #7 on: June 30, 2016, 07:20:55 PM »
That they are jeremy.  I wonder what was actually said would like to hear that first before becoming irate, at the same time whoever said it isn't named, only described as a "Momentum activist". 

Not enough information.

I think he said that "Jews were no more responsible for the actions of Israel than Muslims are for Isis."

People took it he was comparing Israel to Isis.

I don't think he meant it as people took it.

second video down

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/labour-antisemitism-jeremy-corbyn-ruth-smeeth-jewish-mp-accused-of-colluding-with-media-a7111061.html

I think they are out to get him.




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Re: Smeeth Call for Corbyn to resign for not standing up to racists
« Reply #8 on: June 30, 2016, 07:23:46 PM »
Blimey that was hardly an outburst.   
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