Thread by @mishtal

Lets go on a UK tour of @UKLabour's #antisemitism:

We start in Torbay, in the Beautiful South-West, where *3* Labour *candidates* have just been suspended over antisemitism - some of their foul posts even included claims Jews wanted to kill all non-Jews
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Move along the south coast to Brighton, where another council candidate, Alex Braithwaite has just been suspended for sharing 'abhorrent' posts like promoting Rothschild conspiracy or saying the BBC is controlled by Israel. dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6…

In Kent, Jackie Walker was finally expelled - after three years of incompetence, delays and back-tracking. Three years to rid itself of someone not just suspended over antisemitism, but openly touring the UK - ridiculing the whole thing as a 'witchhunt'. thejc.com/news/uk-news/a…

London- Labour Party HQ - and a report is leaked showing how bad things are. The party actively defending antisemites. Even people who said “Heil Hitler,” “Fuck the Jews” and “Jews are the problem” haven't been expelled despite complaints against them timesofisrael.com/expose-shows-u…

Also London - Patricia Sheerin Richman is arrested, along with two other Labour members, on suspicion of distributing material likely to stir racial hatred. thetimes.co.uk/article/three-…

London again - two TV celebrities, Rachel Riley and Tracy Ann Oberman take legal action to counter Labour supporters who targeted them online with “horrendous abuse” and harassment. Their crime? The two TV stars attacked Labour over antisemitism. thetimes.co.uk/article/tv-sta…

Windsor - former candidate Sara Reeves is reported to Scotland Yard’s hate crimes unit over posts suggesting she is "supportive of Hitler”. Reeves, a self confessed conspiracy theorist suggested she would read Mein Kamf to travel to a place of knowledge. thetimes.co.uk/article/labour…

Stratford on Avon - Chris Jury, who appeared in Lovejoy and who is standing for election as a Labour councillor is accused of peddling anti-Semitic conspiracy theories. dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6…

In Leicester - Labour council candidate Adam Krupa quits after Labour MP @wesstreeting rebuked him for attacking the Jewish MP @margarethodge over antisemitism. Krupa had said Hodge should 'pack her bags'. leicestermercury.co.uk/news/local-new…?

In Derby - Chris Williamson, a sitting MP and a close ally of Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, was suspended after he said the party had been “too apologetic” to people complaining about anti-Semitism within the party. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi…

Derby again - Labour council candidate Alan Chewings is reported for 'repeatedly promoting bizarre Jewish conspiracy theories on social media'. derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/local-new…

In Mansfield a Labour mayoral candidate was suspended for posts he made suggesting that Zionism and Nazism were “equally foul”. After the suspension, the candidate, Sean McCallum, resigned from the party.
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In Chesterfield another Labour candidate is reported by the Times as having accused Jews and Muslims of seeking to “dominate our politics” and “undermine the working class" thetimes.co.uk/article/labour…

Meanwhile moving further north to Manchester, another candidate said the Israeli flag makes him 'feel sick'. Can you imagine a candidate saying such a thing about *ANY* other national flag? thetimes.co.uk/article/9ee707…

Or Liverpool - where a Jewish MP quit the Labour Party over antisemitism. She claimed the party was institutionally antisemitic. and said "I am leaving behind a culture of bullying, bigotry and intimidation." bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi…

Liverpool again, and Derek Hatton, who was previously expelled from the party in 1985 after he was accused of seeking to infiltrate and subvert the party - was suspended over antisemitism just days after trying to rejoin. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

Further up the west coast to Flyde - and Labour suspends another council candidate. The Times reports that Harry Virco made several posts comparing Israel to Nazis and pushing conspiracy theory. thetimes.co.uk/article/3b89a8…

How about Leeds, where a sitting Labour MP appeared to lie on television by denying he had shouted "Zionism is the enemy of peace". Footage surfaced proving he had used the phrase. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi…

Leaving England to one side, lets cross into Wales. Labour reinstate Jenny Rathbone, who had been suspended from the Labour assembly group for six weeks. Rathbone had said security fears of Jewish people at a synagogue could be "in their own heads". bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-…

Scotland does no better. In Fife, Labour *reinstated* Jim Sheridan. Sheridan had been suspended are speaking about his loss of “respect and empathy” for the Jewish community amid the antisemitism crisis. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotla…

There are 2 things to clarify. Firstly, the list is not complete. There are other examples not listed here. The second - it is only April and this is all from 2019. That's right - 4 months. Shameful. Labour has a problem it will not sort out itself & @EHRC must investigate - END