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Tomorrow it will be a year since Parliament Square was filled with hundreds & hundreds of people protesting against antisemitism at the Enough is Enough rally. I was there. One year on, our demands have been brushed aside and things have only got worse in the Labour Party 1/6
Over the past year Luciana Berger, Ian Austin, Joan Ryan & Frank Field have all left Labour because of antisemitism. Councillors, members & activists have left too. Leaked emails show alleged political interference in the disciplinary process by the Corbyn inner circle 2/6
The EHRC has embarked on an inquiry into racism in the Labour Party. Chris Williamson chose to share a platform with the suspended member, Jackie Walker, who accused Jews of financing the slave trade 3/6
The Jewish Labour Movement, affiliated to the Labour Party before any trade union 99 years ago, has been forced to the brink of disaffiliation. Labour has failed to work with @JewishLabour to provide antisemitism training, despite their expertise and track record 4/6
Polls this week show 86% of British Jews feel that there is a serious antisemitism problem in the Labour Party. And the best Corbyn can do is to accuse Jews of not wanting to study history and lacking a sense of English irony 5/6
Shameful, shameful, shameful. Our fight for the soul of our party must go on. Our struggle to eradicate antisemitism and reassert our principles of fighting racism, promoting equality and celebrating internationalism must triumph. In the end, we will win. 6/6
