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Tom Watson 'undermining' Labour on antisemitism to 'attack leadership'
- NEC member Darren Williams, in a recording passed to Sky News, claims the party's deputy was trying to "promote his own position".
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@EuanPhilipps, spokesperson for @LabourAgainstAS said:
"Darren Williams' comments fail to acknowledge the scale and depth of the Labour Party's antisemitism crisis.”

“@tom_watson was right to attempt to intervene because the situation has been getting worse by the day.”
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"It is bizarre that Mr Williams, who himself opposed the suspension of [Labour MP] Chris Williamson and the adoption of the IHRA definition, should attack Mr Watson for doing so."
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It comes ahead of a @BBCPanorama documentary, due to be broadcast on Wednesday, which is expected to contain critical testimony from a number of former @UKLabour staff about how antisemitism complaints have been handled.
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NEW: Twice-suspended @UKLabour & @PeoplesMomentum member @greghadfield is facing fresh complaints after he posted a series of tweets urging people to vote for suspended Labour candidate Alex Braithwaite.
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Greg Hadfield was first suspended in 2014 for 11 mths over claims he had bullied fellow members, including jumping out at @SELabour’s regional director from behind a bin.
He was suspended again in Oct 2016 for alleged intimidating behaviour & only reinstated in Feb this year.
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During this time, he remained a member of @PeoplesMomentum, even serving on its steering committee and helping to draw up its slates when candidates for this year’s elections were selected.
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NEW: @LabourAgainstAS Submits Major Report to Equalities & Human Rights Commission:
'Demands for @jeremycorbyn's @UKLabour to face full-scale antisemitism probe with 'damning dossier' alleging hundreds of incidents of anti-Jewish prejudice'
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- A 15,000 page digital dossier was delivered by antisemitism campaigners to @EHRC - It alleges 'endemic' anti-Jewish behaviour throughout the Labour party
- And it claims to reveal the party's 'don't care' attitude towards the problem
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@EHRC said that it had yet to decide whether to launch a full investigation into how @UKLabour handled claims of antisemitism.
@LabourAgainstAS revealed that it had submitted a detailed dossier involving over 15,000 screenshots taken from 100s of Labour members '& officials'.
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Newly-elected @UKLabour councillor still under investigation over antisemitism posts:
- Sam Gorst won his Liverpool City Council seat despite the probe & poor performance by Labour nationwide
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@LabourAgainstAS revealed that Cllr Gorst had written on Facebook that Ken Livingstone "must remain defiant throughout this antisemitism witchhunt", as the former London mayor was suspended by the party for his comments about Hitler and Zionism.
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Cllr Gorst also defended Pete Willsman, who ranted about Jewish people being "Trump fanatics and all the rest of it" during a meeting of Labour's National Executive Committee. He wrote: "Momentum needs to back Pete Willsman and apologise to the membership."
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Rob Powell
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NEW: Leaked footage shows Pro-Corbyn NEC member Darren Williams saying Labour’s Brexit policy has “damaged” its electoral standing and the party should now discuss whether to revoke article 50 if it wins the next election. He blames the media for “playing up” divisions. 1/
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THREAD: Is #antisemitism a trick?

1/ The video of Israeli politician Shulamit Aloni describing allegations of antisemitism as a 'trick' used to silence critics of Israel is often cited in exchanges about Jew-hatred in the Labour Party. But does it shed any light on the matter?
2/ In the 2002 interview, the former government minister was asked by Amy Goodman: "Often when there is dissent expressed in the United States against policies of the Israeli government, people here are called antisemitic. What is your response to that as an Israeli Jew?"
3/ Aloni replied "Well, it's a trick, we always use it. When from Europe somebody is criticising Israel, then we bring up the Holocaust. When in this country [the US] people are criticising Israel, then they are antisemitic." (See the whole interview at democracynow.org/2002/8/14/isra….)
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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
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…
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…
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1. A thread on @JennieGenSec Facebook friends. WARNING ⚠️ graphic images & racist content.

This comment was left on the new General Secretary of @uklabour’s FB page for over 24 hours.

“Poor Yids are not Jews”

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2. In May, copying @jeremycorbyn @JennieGenSec closed her FB account, and started a new one. Something which will raise suspicions. What did she have to hide on that old account?

We have shown she has large issues with the Jewish community.
3. But what now follows shows she has absolutely no intention of stamping out antisemitism in @uklabour - far from it. @jenniegensec is actually friends with many of the antisemites & the leaders of their secret groups.
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The full extent of the new establishment’s defence of antisemites – and other racists – is laid bare on the Guardian front page as Disputes Panel minutes are leaked

#EnoughisEnough #LabourAntisemitism

🗞READ NOW🗞
theguardian.com/politics/2018/…
NEC members elected on a pro-Corbyn/Momentum ticket were blocking action to tackle antisemitism in March this year

#EnoughIsEnough #LabourAntisemitism theguardian.com/politics/2018/…
There seems to be very little that the Momentum reps on the NEC won’t defend – incl racism towards Jewish members and a black council candidate – if they are deemed JC supporters #EnoughIsEnough #LabourAntisemitism

theguardian.com/politics/2018/…
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