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Adam Wagner
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I see left commentators doing threads and I want to feel appreciative, and somehow I don't, and wonder if I have become cynical. These things get said, but nothing seems to change.

@lucianaberger resigned - perhaps that broke a dam, or perhaps that means it's too late?
A sensible colleague pointed out to me today that I have done a succession of v difficult cases (traumatic content) and I wonder if I am reaching a point where my reserves of empathy are too depleted to think clearly on it. I kind of hope so, in a way, as I want to be optimistic
Anyway, it's something that Chris Williamson has been suspended. My fear is that there is still so long to go.
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A really important new judgment on a 'hostile environment' policy. It made landlords into immigration enforcement officials by requiring them to seek ID documents from tenants. Court found it was racially discriminatory, coudn't be fixed doughtystreet.co.uk/news/landmark-…
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All the evidence points to the scheme discriminating
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Is this going to be the revised Labour loyalty pledge?
You don't really need to read between the lines to see that she doesn't really think she did anything wrong

"hard to know... why [antisemitism] has now become such a hotly contested area"
"very sensitive"

"might be assumed"

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Adam Wagner
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This article is very good on the deep roots of antisemitism on the part of the left most identified with the Corbyn movement - very much from the perspective of the left. Recommended.
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