.@uklabour 1/12 Gordon Nardell QC is the ‘independent ‘ legal officer for overseeing antisemitism cases in Labour, as recommended by Shami Chakrabarti in her report. 
2/12 However, he’s not really independent. In true Labour antisemitism style they fudged it. He was Corby’s election agent in 2016. He also helped Corbyn and McDonnell draft bills
3/12 He is friendly with JVL member and antisemite Elleanne Green, and gave her ‘phone advice.’ She says she ‘trusts’ ‘knows’ and ‘likes’ him. She posts neo-Nazi material and is friendly with Holocaust deniers
4/12 Nardell will be overseeing her case and Jackie Walker’s, who he served with on the Labour Briefing magazine editorial board. Walker is also a JVL member, notorious for accusing Jews of being chief financiers of the Slave trade and other outlandish claims about Jews
5/12 Suspended by Labour for antisemitism, Walker also runs the JVL affiliate ‘Labour Against the Witch Hunt’ (LAW), to defend Labour members accused of antisemitism. Member include Elleanne Green
6/12 Gerry Downing was also a member of JVL affiliate LAW and posts his support of JVL. He was expelled from Labour for antisemitism. He is notorious for his rants about Jews, such as ‘the Jewish question,’ (Nazi euphemism for genocide of Jews)
7/12 Nardell was on the Labour representation Committee for their case against Downing’s antisemitism. The case collapsed because Nardell refused to agree a definition of antisemitism.
How will he identify antisemitism if he is unable to define it?
How will he identify antisemitism if he is unable to define it?
9/12 Nardell defended Livingstone saying it was ‘anti-Labour nonsense.’
He liked posts supporting JVL, Jackie Walker & joined an attack on antiracist charity @antisemitism calling them ‘revolting.’ He complained to the BBC to deny labour antisemitism david-collier.com/labour-party-g…
He liked posts supporting JVL, Jackie Walker & joined an attack on antiracist charity @antisemitism calling them ‘revolting.’ He complained to the BBC to deny labour antisemitism david-collier.com/labour-party-g…
10/12 There are now questions over whether Nardell was a militant Trotskyist
And over his ‘anti-Jewish’ activist ‘friends. Since this was exposed he has suspended his Facebook account google.co.uk/amp/s/www.thes…
And over his ‘anti-Jewish’ activist ‘friends. Since this was exposed he has suspended his Facebook account google.co.uk/amp/s/www.thes…
11/12 Nardell says he will only be adopting parts of the IHRA definition of antisemitism. But the authors themselves specify all bits (inc the Israel examples) are essential. The IHRA definition just removes antisemitic language from debate about Israel thejc.com/news/uk-news/g…
12/12 This is how Labour ‘clear the backlog’ of cases - by discarding what antisemitism means
Corbyn is using JVL and Nardell to create a party in his own image. A party that can officially overlook antisemitism
Corbyn is using JVL and Nardell to create a party in his own image. A party that can officially overlook antisemitism
