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Adam Wagner
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Important development.

The Labour Party may now be investigated by the equality and human rights regulator which it itself established.

Would be only the second ever statutory investigation. First was into the Met Police.
I have been saying for a while that it’s high time the UK’s human rights organisations step in on this issue. Hopefully the EHRC have the objectivity and expertise to make a positive contribution to this for the sake of the Jewish community, the Labour Party and the country
More on this coming in the morning. Keep posted!
Nb @antisemitism (Campaign Against Antisemitism) first raised the issue with the EHRC in late July 2018. @JewishLabour have also made extensive submissions to them
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I think that a little like #MeToo we are seeing a gradual public awakening to how racism infects our institutions, consciously and unconsciously. Long process, perhaps really starting with the Lawrence Inquiry. Keep it up!
Can I recommend that anyone interested in this issue follow @miqdaad but also read chapter 6 of the Macpherson report. It’s so useful and gets to the heart of institutional racism. I think most people misunderstand what it is assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/upl…
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I think this is a positive development. I have been assisting CAA with their submissions
If anyone wants to know about the EHRC's powers to investigate, the starting point is section 20 of the Equality Act 2006 legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/3/s…
The EHRC's powers for s.20 investigations are extensive and akin to a public inquiry. They are set out in Schedule 2 to the Equality Act 2006 legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/3/s…
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The key words here:

“Please let me know what you think and how you would like us to proceed”

That is seeking an instruction, not merely a view.
I think what Laura says in the email is sensible, by the way. But this is about whether the process is conducted fairly, ie within the rule book (where there is no mention of directions from the leaders’ office re suspensions at the investigation stage) or not
And, secondly, whether the leadership office and party has lied about who is involved with, and calling the shots in, the disciplinary process.
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