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.@uklabour 1/12 JVL member spotlight: getting to know the youngest committee member, Ben Southern-Thomas. 
2/12 Politically active, Ben is co-chair of Sheffield Labour Students and regional officer for Redbridge Young Labour. At the Union of Jewish Students (UJS) he seconded a proposal to boycott Israel.
3/12 Ben went to the JVL counter rally, in opposition to the ‘enough is enough’ demo against Labour antisemitism by the Jewish community.
There he screamed in the faces of Jewish people objecting to antisemitism.
There he screamed in the faces of Jewish people objecting to antisemitism.
4/12 But notorious antisemitic propaganda outlet, Electronic Intifada supported Ben, claiming he was the victim.
They did this in an article about the ‘israel lobby’ fabricating antisemitism claims, for a political conspiracy to topple Jeremy Corbyn, and other bizarre claims
They did this in an article about the ‘israel lobby’ fabricating antisemitism claims, for a political conspiracy to topple Jeremy Corbyn, and other bizarre claims
5/12 It was written by Asa Winstanley, who is currently suspended by Labour for antisemitism. He is one of only a handful of accounts followed by Hamas and enjoys the full support of JVL despite his notorious track record
6/12 Ben is notable for his age, in contrast to the grey haired people running JVL, who also show contempt to the majority of the Jewish community.
With this in mind, it’s clear why Ben was promptly added to the JVL steering committee group
With this in mind, it’s clear why Ben was promptly added to the JVL steering committee group
7/12 JVL then used him in their video for their front group ‘Just Jews’. It shows Ben denying the experience of most Jews as ‘mainstream media narrative’.
8/12 ‘Just Jews’ pretend to be diverse, but in reality tokenise a few oddballs who gaslight the Jewish community. The video is made for JVL by the Labour Party’s video makers jvlwatch.wordpress.com/2019/06/18/jus…
9/12 Trump uses token black people to claim popularity in a community where almost none exists. Similarly, JVL use ‘Just Jews’ to claim Jewish community support for Labour when next to none exists. thejc.com/comment/commen…
10/12 ‘Just Jews’ made three videos, two of which feature JVL members. Sue Lukes, who defends antisemites like Walker, was the first. Sue Lukes is against the @UJS_uk having a say on who represents Jews on the NUS task force. The UJS on which Ben sits
11/12 And no JVL steering group member would be complete without being featured by the @BBC as ‘balance’, to deny the experience of the rest of the community
12/12 JVL and their associated groups are infamous for consisting of the same silver haired Marxists pretending to be more popular than they really are.
In Ben Southern-Thomas they saw an opportunity to push a younger face to the foreground, to give a pretence of relevance
In Ben Southern-Thomas they saw an opportunity to push a younger face to the foreground, to give a pretence of relevance
Footnote: Redbridge Young Labour contacted us to say that Ben Southern-Thomas is no longer involved with them. We pointed out that he was still listed on their website as ‘Regional Officer’. They responded by removing him from their website
